Journal article
Electronic dental record-based surveillance of non-communicable conditions
Public health (London), Vol.193, pp.146-149
04/2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.02.004
PMID: 33845348
Abstract
The objective of the study is to demonstrate that electronic dental records (EDRs) can be used to mine meaningful public health information.
Retrospective electronic dental chart-based reporting of disease prevalence.
Using dental EDRs (N = 104,768), the authors assessed the prevalence of common non-communicable medical conditions among unique patients seen at a United States (U.S.) dental college.
The prevalence of following conditions in patients visiting a U.S. dental college increased steadily with increasing age: hypertension, angina, stroke, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, diabetes, cancer, kidney disease, thyroid disease, and allergies. Prevalence of these conditions was several-fold higher in the 66+ years group than among younger adults. Prevalence of many of the assessed conditions approximated published national estimates.
In addition to the indispensable use of EDRs in dental education and patient management, EDRs can be mined to report on prevalence of non-communicable medical conditions among patients/population receiving dental care. Completeness and accuracy of entered information will significantly improve the usefulness of EDR for disease surveillance and research applications.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Electronic dental record-based surveillance of non-communicable conditions
- Creators
- S. Elangovan - University of IowaX.J. Xie - University of IowaC. McBrearty - University of IowaD.J. Caplan - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Public health (London), Vol.193, pp.146-149
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.02.004
- PMID
- 33845348
- ISSN
- 0033-3506
- eISSN
- 1476-5616
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2021
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Biostatistics; Dental Research; Dental Support Services; Periodontics
- Record Identifier
- 9984367640202771
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