CARDIOLOGISTS’ AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEONS’ AWARENESS, OPINIONS AND PRACTICE BEHAVIORS RELATING TO THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PERIODONTAL DISEASE AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Year 2020, Volume: 30 Issue: 1, 33 - 40, 15.01.2020

Gülbahar Ustaoğlu , Tuğçe Paksoy İsa Sincer Mithat Terzi

https://doi.org/10.17567/ataunidfd.631762

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Aim: There is a growing evidence that periodontal disease is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. To assess the awareness levels, views, and clinical practices of cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons in Turkey on the association of periodontal diseases with the diseases of the cardiovascular system.

Material and Methods: A survey that included twenty-three questions was prepared and mailed to 99 cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons practicing as resident, lecturer or specialist in Turkey. The response rate is 66%. Data was analyzed using SPSS^® 18.0 software (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA).

Results: Of the respondents; 80% were males, 98% were at the age of ≤ 50 years, 59% have been working in a university, and 37% were specialists. Fifty-three percent of lecturer and 38% of specialist received a periodontal treatment more than two years time ago. Fourteen percent of resident, 30% of specialist and 53% of lecturer referred patients to visit the dentist. Eighty-eight percent of the residents and lecturers agreed or strongly agreed with the opinion that periodontal disease treatment could lower the risk of an individual to develop a type of cardiovascular disease.

Conclusion: Cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons had a lack of knowledge of the periodontal disease and its impact on systemic health. Programs on oral health in academic curricula of cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons should be improved to leverage the level of awareness and knowledge on periodontal diseases.

Keywords: Cardiologists, cardiovasvular surgeons, cardiovascular diseases, periodontal diseases, oral health.

Kardiyologların ve Kardiyovasküler
Cerrahların Periodontal Hastalık ve Kardiyovasküler Hastalık Arasındaki
İlişkisi ile İlgili Farkındalık, Görüş ve Uygulama Davranışları
Amaç: Periodontal hastalığın artmış
kardiyovasküler hastalık riski ile ilişkili olduğuna dair kanıtlar artmaktadır.
Bu çalışmanın amacı kardiyologların ve kardiyovasküler cerrahların periodontal
hastalık ve kardiyovasküler hastalık arasındaki ilişki ile ilgili farkındalık,
görüş ve uygulama alışkanlıklarını değerlendirmektir.

Gereç ve yöntem: Yirmi üç sorudan oluşan
anket hazırlanmış ve Türkiye’de uzman, öğretim üyesi veya asistan olarak
çalışan 99 kardiyolog ve kardiyovasküler cerraha mail yoluyla gönderilmiştir.
Anketin cevaplanma oranı %66’dır. Veriler SPSS^® 18.0 yazılımı (SPSS,
Chicago, IL, USA) kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. 

Bulgular: Katılımcıların % 80'i erkek
ve % 98'i 50 yaşında veya daha gençtir. Katılımcıların %59’u üniversitede
çalışıyor ve %37'si uzman olarak görev yapmaktadır. Öğretim elemanının %53’ü ve
uzmanların % 38'i iki yıldan uzun zaman önce periodontal tedavi görmüştür. Asistanların
%14’ü, uzmanların % 30'u ve öğretim elemanının % 53'ü hastalarını diş hekimine
gitmesi için sevk etmektedir. Asistanların ve öğretim elemanlarının %88’i
periodontal hastalığın tedavisinin hastanın kardiyovasküler hastalık riskini
azaltabileceği konusuna katılmakta veya çok güçlü katılmaktadır.

Sonuç: Kardiyologlar ve kardiyovasküler cerrahlar periodontal
hastalık ve periodontal hastalığın sistemik sağlık üzerindeki etkisi hakkında yetersiz
bilgiye sahiptir. Kardiyolog ve kalp damar cerrahların akademik müfredatlarında
ağız diş sağlığı üzerine programlar, periodontal hastalıklar hakkındaki
farkındalık ve bilgi seviyesini arttırmak için geliştirilmelidir.

 Anahtar kelimeler: Kardiyologlar,
kardiovasküler cerrahlar, cardiovascular diseases, periodontal hastalıklar,
ağız sağlığı

Keywords

Cardiologists, cardiovasvular surgeons, cardiovascular diseases, periodontal diseases

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