Dental Visits Mediate the Impact of Smoking on Oral Health
| Autor: | Dong Zheng, Alice Parish, Henrietta L. Logan, Amber S. Emanuel, Virginia J. Dodd, Yi Guo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male Rural Population Longitudinal study Health (social science) Social Psychology Office Visits medicine.medical_treatment Office visits MEDLINE Oral Health Oral health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health medicine Humans Aged business.industry North central Community prevention Smoking Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 030206 dentistry Middle Aged stomatognathic diseases 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Florida Smoking cessation Female Smoking Cessation business Rural population |
| Zdroj: | American journal of health behavior. 42(1) |
| ISSN: | 1945-7359 |
| Popis: | Objectives We explored the mediational relationships among smoking, dental visits, and oral health in a longitudinal study. Methods We selected a sample of adult residents of rural communities of North Central Florida and followed them for 3 years (final N = 1170). We examined the impact of smoking on oral health across time and conducted mediation analysis to quantify the effect of dental visits on the relationship between smoking and poor oral health. Results Our results showed that oral health declined across time for smokers but not for nonsmokers. The mediation analysis found that 18.3% of the difference in followup oral health between smokers and non-smokers was explained by smokers not having any dental visits in the last year. Conclusions Our findings suggest that, given the low success rate of quitting smoking, promoting dental visits can help limit the negative effects of smoking on oral health. Future community prevention studies could encourage dental visits among smokers and provide educational materials that aim to increase knowledge of oral self-care. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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