Structuring of the effects of oral health literacy on dental caries in 12-year-old adolescents.

Autor: Neves ÉTB; Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil., da Costa Dutra L; Graduate Program in Dentistry, State University of Paraiba (UEPB), Campina Grande, Brazil., de Lima LCM; Graduate Program in Dentistry, State University of Paraiba (UEPB), Campina Grande, Brazil., Perazzo MF; Graduate Program in Dentistry, State University of Paraiba (UFG), Goiânia, Brazil., Ferreira FM; Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil., Paiva SM; Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil., Granville-Garcia AF; Graduate Program in Dentistry, State University of Paraiba (UEPB), Campina Grande, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology [Community Dent Oral Epidemiol] 2023 Oct; Vol. 51 (5), pp. 864-871. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 25.
DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12777
Abstrakt: Objectives: To explore the pathways by which oral health literacy is associated with dental caries in adolescents, assessing direct and indirect effects of family cohesion and socioeconomic status.
Methods: A population-based, representative cross-sectional study was conducted with 740 12-year-old adolescents in Campina Grande, Brazil. Parents/guardians answered a sociodemographic questionnaire. Adolescents answered validated questionnaires addressing family cohesion and oral health literacy. Dental caries was diagnosed using Nyvad criteria. Two dentists underwent training exercises for the diagnosis and administration of the questionnaires (k > 0.80). Descriptive analysis was followed by the use of structural equation modelling to determine direct and indirect associations between the variables incorporated into the theoretical model of the study (95% CI).
Results: Oral health literacy (standardized coefficient: -3.472, p < .01) and mother's schooling (standardized coefficient: -0.405, p < .01) were directly associated with dental caries, whereas family cohesion and socioeconomic status exerted an indirect effect on the occurrence of dental caries in the adolescents.
Conclusions: Sociodemographic factors, family characteristics and oral health literary are associated with dental caries in 12-year-old adolescents.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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