Investigation the Association between Habits of Areca/betel Quid Chewing and Cigarette Smoking with Oral Mucosal Lesions

• Main Authors: Lu Hsiu-Chu, 呂秀珠
• Other Authors: Yi-Hsin Yang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/qxs8r4

碩士 === 高雄醫學大學 === 口腔衛生科學研究所碩士在職專班 === 91 === This purpose of this research was to investigate the association between areca/betel quid chewing and cigarette smoking behavior with oral mucosal lesions. A previous investigation had shown that for the oral lesion high risk group in communities, leukoplakia was the most common lesion, followed by betel chewer’s mucosa and OSF. Hence, it is crucial to understand the health conditions of oral cavity and the relationship with habits of areca/betel chewing and cigarette smoking. The blue collar class had higher prevalence rate or areca/betel chewing. Therefore, the employees of the Bureau of Environmental Protection in Kaohsiung city were recruited for this study There were totally 1979 participants recruited. Each participant received a detailed oral examination and a personal interview. The proportions for men and women were 49% and 51%, respectively. Around half of the participants (52.5%) were between 35 to 49 years old. Our research found that 13.5% of subjects had at lease one oral mucosal lesions. The prevalence rates of areca/betel quid chewing and cigarette smoking were 19.5% and 28.3%, respectively. The most common lesion was leukoplakia (4.7%), followed by betel chewer’s mucosa and OSF. The subjects with both areca/betel quid chewing and cigarette smoking habits have the highest probability to have oral mucosal lesions. We found that chewing different types of quid were also related to the prevalence rates of oral mucosal lesions. People who chewed betel quid had higher prevalence rates of oral lesions than areca quid (49.6% vs. 27.5%). Participants with both areca/betel quid chewing and cigarette smoking effects had the highest percentage of oral mucosal lesions (44.7%). The only chewing habit had the second highest percentage of oral lesions (37.0%), and followed by the smokers with 17.2% of lesions. Our research indicated that we should enhance the importance of oral mucosal lesion screening in the high-risk group to early detection of lesions. Besides, we should ensure the oral lesions cases’ follow-up in order to reducing the subsequent complication.