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Oral Health in Mentally Ill Patients Attending the Outpatient Clinic of Taha Baasher Psychiatric Hospital, Khartoum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2023

Areej Serebel  and
Ahmed Mussab
Areej Serebel*
Affiliation:
University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan
Ahmed Mussab
Affiliation:
University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan
*
*Corresponding author.
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Abstract

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Aims

Mental illness has been very common lately and the mentally ill are a special population with their own particular set of needs and challenges. In general physical health of the mentally ill is poorer than that of the general population and oral health is especially neglected hence the desire to quantify this.

Methods

This study was a cross-sectional hospital based study conducted in the outpatient clinic of Taha Basher Psychiatric teaching hospital. The sample (90) was selected randomly from among the adult patient attendants who agreed to participate in the study.

Results

The mean DMF was 4.91 +/-4.46 . It was positively correlated to age and duration of illness. It was higher in females and the greatest proportion was due to missing teeth and the smallest proportion was the filled teeth. There were no dentures used by any of the patients.

Conclusion

Those involved in the study reflect the poor level of oral health among the mentally ill population and this deficiency is unfortunately not receiving enough attention of care givers or mental health professionals. The dental community ought to establish a professional referral system with such facilities to facilitate patient care.

Type
Research
Information
BJPsych Open , Volume 9 , Supplement S1: Abstracts from the RCPsych International Congress 2023, 10–13 July , July 2023 , pp. S70
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Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Footnotes

Abstracts were reviewed by the RCPsych Academic Faculty rather than by the standard BJPsych Open peer review process and should not be quoted as peer-reviewed by BJPsych Open in any subsequent publication.

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