Asurvey of the Social, Demographic and Economical Profile of Patients Attended at the Odontologic Clinic of Centro Universitário De Araraquara – Uniara

• Autor(a) principal: Domingos, Patricia dos Santos Aleixo
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Rossato, Emersom Mocheti, Bellini, Afonso
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira Multidisciplinar
• Texto Completo: http://revistarebram.com/index.php/revistauniara/article/view/3
• topic: Public Health Dentistry; Health Services; Socioeconomic Factors.; Odontologia em saúde pública; Serviços de saúde; Fatores socioeconômicos.

The knowledge of the social, economic and demographic features of patients who use health services in a Higher Education Institution – HEI allows the planning of education and prevention in oral health of major diseases that affect these individuals, as well as enhanced excellence in clinical care offered to the population in need of dental care. With this aim, this paper evaluated the social, demographic and economic profile of patients who used the dental services offered by the Clinic of Undergraduate Dentistry of Centro Universitário de Araraquara – UNIARA. For this purpose, the sample was formed by convenience and consisted of individuals older than thirteen years who sought treatment or who were already receiving treatment in the period from August to November 2011 and from March to June 2012, totaling 198 individuals. It was used a pre-coded questionnaire with questions on social and demographic as well as economic data according to the criteria of Brazil Economic Classification (CCEB 2011-based LSE 2009). Based on the chosen methodology and on the obtained data, tabulated and expressed in numbers and percentages, it is possible to conclude that the majority of individuals is formed by females (65.66%) belonging to the C class (57.57%) and sought dental care because of pain (35.86%). Thus, this study resulted in relevant data that will provide greater attention to the planning quality of the clinical care offered to the population that annually makes use of the School of Dentistry, Higher Education Institution studied.