Associations between social inequality and tooth loss in a household sample of elderly Thai people aged ≥60 years old
| Autor: | Ratilal Lalloo, Narumanas Korwanich, Patcharawan Srisilapanan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Gerontology Oral health Tooth Loss 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Thai population Tooth loss medicine Humans Elderly people Social inequality 030212 general & internal medicine General Dentistry Lower income Aged business.industry 030206 dentistry Durable good Middle Aged Thailand stomatognathic diseases Socioeconomic Factors Female Luxury goods Geriatrics and Gerontology medicine.symptom business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Gerodontology. 33:201-208 |
| ISSN: | 0734-0664 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ger.12140 |
| Popis: | Objective To assess the relationship between social inequality and the number of remaining teeth in an elderly Thai population. Background Having twenty or more remaining teeth is an important indicator of optimal oral health in the elderly. Methods The data for this study were derived from the Survey of Older Persons in Thailand, conducted by the National Statistical Office, based on face-to-face interviews with people aged ≥60. The total sample was 30 427. The oral health measure was self-reported remaining number of teeth. Income, education and possession of durable goods were utilised as measures of social inequality. Results More than half of the sample (57.0%) was women. The majority (73.2%) was in the age range 60-74 years old. Less than a fifth (15.5%) had 7 or more years of education. A third earned |
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