Difficulties noticed by patients living with HIV/AIDS in obtaining dentistry treatment
Keywords:
HIV, Health Services Accessibility, Dental care for chronicallyAbstract
The objective of this study was to identify difficulties confronted by patients infected by HIV/ AIDS in obtaining dental treatment. Interviews were carried out with 45 patients undergoing medical treatment at the Health Clinic of the Clemente de Faria University Hospital in Montes Claros, MG Brazil. The difficulty in obtaining dental treatment was reported by 31% of the patients. Aimed at clarifying what possible explanations might exist for this type of difficulty, a bivariate logistic analysis of regression was carried out for each of the co- variables. The odds Ratio (OR), estimated with a confidence interval of 95% (CI 95%), demonstrated that patients who admitted to the dentist that they were carriers of the HIV/AIDS virus presented an 11.7 times greater chance of having difficulties in obtaining dental treatment, regardless of the patients’ gender, age, education level, and income level; of the date of their last diagnosis; of the time elapsed between the diagnosis of the disease and the search for dental treatment; or even of the dentist’s gender.
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