The Protocol Study, Multicentre Evaluation of Oral Health in Persons with Schizophrenia: a Cross-Sectional Study

¹La Chartreuse Psychiatric Centre, 21033 Dijon, France.
²USMR-Reseau d'aide Methodologiste, University Hospital of Dijon, 21079 Dijon Cedex, France.
³Direction de la Recherche Clinique, University Hospital of Dijon, 21079 Dijon Cedex, France.
⁴Department of Psychiatry, Robert Morlevat Hospital Center, 21140 Semur-en-Auxois, France.
⁵Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, University Hospital of Dijon, 21079 Dijon Cedex, France.
⁶Department of Psychiatry, Montreal University, Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health, 7401 Montreal, Canada.
⁷Regional forum of education and health promotion, 21000 Dijon, France.

Corresponding Author: Frederic denis, La Chartreuse Psychiatric Centre, Dijon, France, 1, boulevard Chanoine Kir, BP 23314,21033 Dijon Cedex, Tel: +33 3 80 42 52 35; Email: [email protected]

Received Date: 20 Feb 2016 
Accepted Date: 23 Mar 2016
Published Date: 29 Mar 2016
Copyright © 2016 Denis F
Citation: Denis F, Millot I, Abello N, Carpentier M, et al. (2016). The Protocol Study, Multicentre Evaluation of Oral Health in Persons With Schizophrenia: a Cross-Sectional Study. Mathews J Dentistry. 1(1): 006.

ABSTRACT

Background:

Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that involves 1% of the world's population. It affects 600,000 people in France. Schizophrenic persons have excess mortality (their life expectancy is reduced by 20%) and have excess morbidity. One of the most visible elements of poor oral health is edentulousness, but also a large number of missing or decayed teeth (leading to pain, infection, masticatory and digestive problems) can be noticed. Few data have been published on the subject in France. It is therefore difficult to have a clear idea of the oral health of in- or outpatients. In this context, we hypothesize that the evaluation of oral health of randomly selected schizophrenic persons will be more representative of a population of schizophrenic persons than results obtained to date by prospective ways.
Methods/design

We report the protocol of a cross-sectional study. This study will be conducted in three centres in France. In total, 120 persons of both sexes, aged over 18years and diagnosed with schizophrenia, will be investigated to assess their dental status and oral hygiene, and their perceptions of oral health. We will also evaluate socio-demographic data.
Discussion

In all the published studies, screening is often performed on institutionalized persons and inclusion is prospective without random selection, with occasionally a modest sample size, which limits interpretation of the results. We can therefore assume that the published data only partially reflect the oral health status of these populations. Results from this cross-sectional study will provide a better overview of the level of oral health of these cases in Cote d'Or (France).

KEYWORDS

Dental Health; Oral Health; Schizophrenia; Periodontal; Dental Hygiene; Dental Education.