Research Article
Medical Conditions, Oral Health Practices, and Barriers to Treatment among Patients Visiting a Teaching Dental Hospital in Eastern Saudi Arabia
Table 4
Comparison of frequency of visiting the hospital between healthy and medically compromised patients (N = 1067).
| | Frequency of dental visits | Total N (%) | Healthy N (%) | Medically compromised N (%) | P value |
| | 0–6 months | 118 (11.1) | 84 (71.2) | 34 (28.8) | 0.758 | | 7–12 months | 114 (10.7) | 87 (76.3) | 27 (23.7) | | More than 12 months | 528 (49.5) | 393 (74.4) | 135 (25.6) | | Never visited before | 307 (28.8) | 233 (75.9) | 74 (24.1) |
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