Wei Yan, Ying Zhou
The Application Effect of Evidence-Based Targeted Nursing in Severe Preeclamptic Women and Its Impact on Maternal Psychological Status, Quality of Life, and Maternal-Infant Outcomes
Alternative therapies in health and medicine
objectives study evaluate costeffectiveness costbenefit fluoride varnish fv interventions preventing caries first permanent molars fpms among children rural areas guangxi china study constituted secondary analysis data randomised controlled trial analysed social perspective total 1335 children aged 68 years remote rural areas guangxi enrolled threeyear followup controlled study children experimental group eg control group cg received oral health education provided toothbrush toothpaste every six months additionally fv applied eg decision tree model developed singlefactor probabilistic sensitivity analyses conducted three years intervention prevalence caries eg 5085 average decayed missing filled teeth dmft index score 112 cg 5904 dmft index score 136 total cost caries intervention postcaries treatment 4271955 usd eg 4662213 usd cg incremental costeffectiveness ratio icer eg 2536 usd per caries prevented costbenefit ratio cbr 174 usd benefits per 1 usd cost results sensitivity analyses showed increase average dmft index score largest variable affecting icer cbr compared oral health education alone comprehensive intervention combining fv application oral health education costeffective beneficial preventing caries fpms children living economically disadvantaged rural areas findings could provide basis policymaking clinical choices improve childrens oral health