Oral health literacy, sociodemographic, family, and clinical predictors of dental visits among Brazilian early adolescents.

Autor: Neves ÉTB; Graduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, State University of Paraiba (UEPB), Campina Grande, Brazil., Lima LCM; Graduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, State University of Paraiba (UEPB), Campina Grande, Brazil., Dutra LDC; Graduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, State University of Paraiba (UEPB), Campina Grande, Brazil., Gomes MC; Graduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, State University of Paraiba (UEPB), Campina Grande, Brazil., Siqueira MBLD; Graduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, State University of Paraiba (UEPB), Campina Grande, Brazil., Paiva SM; Graduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil., Ferreira FM; Graduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil., Granville-Garcia AF; Graduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, State University of Paraiba (UEPB), Campina Grande, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of paediatric dentistry [Int J Paediatr Dent] 2021 Mar; Vol. 31 (2), pp. 204-211. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 May 29.
DOI: 10.1111/ipd.12660
Abstrakt: Background: The prevalence of dental caries is high in adolescents worldwide, and a large percentage have never been to a dentist or have not had regular dental appointments.
Aim: To evaluate the influence of oral health literacy and sociodemographic, clinical, and family factors on dental visits among early adolescents.
Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 740 12-year-old students in Campina Grande, Brazil. Students answered about their level of oral health literacy (BREALD-30), levels of family adaptability and cohesion (FACES III), and visits to the dentist sometime in life. Dental caries experience was evaluated using Nyvad criteria. Robust Poisson regression for complex samples was performed.
Results: A higher level of oral health literacy (PR = 1.01; 95% CI: 1.01-1.03), high social class (PR = 1.28; 95% CI: 1.09-1.50), higher mother's schooling (PR = 1.58; 95% CI: 1.37-1.83), family cohesion classified as enmeshed (PR = 1.55; 95% CI: 1.19-2.02) and connected (PR = 1.22; 95% CI: 1.02-1.44), and the absence of toothache (PR = 1.18; 95% CI: 1.01-1.38) remained associated with having visited a dentist.
Conclusions: Oral health literacy and sociodemographic, family, and clinical factors were predictors of having visited a dentist among early adolescents.
(© 2020 BSPD, IAPD and John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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