Traditional toothache healing (TOOB) practices among the residents of Barangay La Trinidad, Iriga City / Shiela Mae C. Aguila, [and 4 others].

Undergraduate Theses (BSN) - Nursing. Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges, 2024.

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Toothache is a common problem occurring in human population throughout the world frequently, especially in rural and remote areas where modern dental healthcare is inaccessible. Traditional toothache healing termed "toob" as a way of alleviating pain starts with tools that includes coconut shell, pipe like metal and basin with stone, hot oil, water, and kalampunay. This study aimed to increase scientific knowledge in promoting modern oral care awareness and awareness on toob among the residents in Barangay La Trinidad, Iriga City, moreover, this study serves as an initial investigation on how "toob" works, how it affects the individuals practicing it, how one's status of living influence its use, and the involvement of their environment. This research paper addresses this gap by investigating the factors influencing the use of traditional toothache healing "toob" by the use of quantitative research design as main instrument in collecting data through survey questionnaires involving 30 participants from Barangay La Trinidad, Iriga City. Another four statistical tools were used in analyzing and tabulating the data such as the Percentage Technique, Weighted Mean, Four-Point Likert Scale, and Pearson's Correlation Coefficient. Statistical analysis revealed a significant relationship between people influence factors and the age, and religion of the respondents. This study provides evidence supporting the advantage and disadvantages of utilizing traditional toothache healing "toob" method suggesting the importance of propagating modern oral health care at low cost in order to increase scientific awareness with regards to oral health through the help of health care practitioners and local government unit as well as distribution of pamphlets.