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Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge and views of patients on the use of saliva for clinical or laboratory analysis.
Methods: This was a cross sectional survey of 189 patients attending one primary and one tertiary oral health facility in Nigeria. Information was obtained from participants using pretested structured questionnaires and SPSS version 23 to analyze the data. Tests of associations between variables were determined using Chi-square and level of significance set at < 5%.
Results: One hundred and fifty-two (80.4%) respondents were aware of the use of saliva for clinical or laboratory test. The majority 152 (80.4%) agreed that saliva is easier to collect than other body fluids while 63 (33.3%) preferred to give saliva sample to blood 54 (28.6%) and urine 51 (27%) for clinical or laboratory tests. Only 20 (10.6%) had given saliva for tests before. Ninety-nine (52.4%) indicated strong interest in donating saliva for research while only 4 (2.1%) had given saliva as samples for research work before. Age, educational status and occupational class were significantly associated with awareness of use of saliva as investigative specimen (p < 0.05).
Conclusions: This survey revealed that majority of the patients were aware of the use of saliva as well as its advantages over other body fluids for clinical or laboratory tests. Very few indicated previous saliva sampling for clinical and laboratory tests. Thus there is need for development of precise, cheap and accessible saliva tests for patient-centered diagnostic testing and disease monitoring.
Keywords: Awareness; clinical testing; diagnosis; laboratory testing; patients; saliva
Résumé
But: Le but de cette étude était d’évaluer les connaissances et les points de vue des patients sur l’utilisation de la salive pour l’analyse clinique ou laboratoire.
Méthodes: Ceci fut une enquête transversale de 189 patients fréquentant un établissement primaire et un établissement tertiaire de santé bucco-dentaire au Nigeria.L’information a été obtenue des participants en utilisant des questionnaires structurés pré testés et SPSS version 23 a été utilisé pour analyser les données.Les tests d’associations entre variables ont été déterminés en utilisant le Chi-carré et le niveau de significationfixé à <5%.
Résultats: Cent cinquante-deux (80,4%) répondants étaient au courant de l’utilisation de la salive pour des tests cliniques ou laboratoire.La majorité des répondants (80,4%) ont indiqué que la salive était plus facile à recueillir que les autres fluides corporels, 63 (33,3%) préféraient donner des échantillons de salive que de sang 54 (28,6%) et d’urine 51 (27%) pour des tests cliniques ou laboratoire.Seulement 20 (10,6%) avaient donné de la salive pour les tests avant.Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf (52,4%) ont manifesté un vif intérêt pour le don de salive à des fins de recherche alors que seulement 4 (2,1%) avaient donné de la salive comme échantillons pour des travaux de recherche auparavant.L’âge, le niveau d’éducation et la classe professionnelle étaient significativement associés à la connaissance de l’utilisation de la salive comme spécimen d’investigation (p <0,05).
Conclusions: Cette enquête a révélé que la majorité des patients étaient conscients de l’utilisation de la salive ainsi que de ses avantages par rapport aux autres fluides corporels pour des tests cliniques ou laboratoire. Très peu ont indiqué que des échantillons de salive ont été prélevés auparavant pour des tests cliniques et laboratoire. Il est donc nécessaire de développer des tests de salive précis, à bas prix et accessibles pour les tests de diagnostic centrés sur le patient et la surveillance des maladies.
Mots clés: Sensibilisation; essais cliniques; diagnostic; essais laboratoire; patients;salive
Correspondence: Dr F.B. Lawal, Department of Periodontology and Community Dentistry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, E-mail: folakemilawal@yahoo.com.
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