Social support and dental caries experience: Findings from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study
| Autor: | Simin Hua, Melissa Fazzari, Carmen R. Isasi, Nadia Laniado, Tracy L. Finlayson, Victor Badner, Richard H. Singer, Anne E. Sanders |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Dental Caries Article 03 medical and health sciences Social support 0302 clinical medicine stomatognathic system Epidemiology medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Sociocultural evolution General Dentistry media_common Social network business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Social Support Ancillary Study Hispanic or Latino 030206 dentistry United States stomatognathic diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Community health Female Public Health business Caries experience |
| Zdroj: | Community Dent Oral Epidemiol |
| ISSN: | 1600-0528 0301-5661 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: To examine the association of social support with dental caries experience in Hispanics/Latinos living in the United States (US) and to assess whether the relationship is modified by nativity status. METHODS: This cross-sectional study analyzed data for 4,459 dentate men and women aged 18 to 74 years in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) Sociocultural Ancillary Study. At baseline (2008 to 2011), dentists quantified dental caries experience as the number of decayed, missing, and filled permanent tooth surfaces (DMFS) for all teeth excluding third molars. Social support was assessed according to measures of structural support (Social Network Index) and functional support (Interpersonal Support Evaluation List). Covariate adjusted multiple linear regression estimated the relationship between social support and dental caries experience and tested whether the association was modified by nativity status (born within the 50 US states, foreign-born less than 10 years in the US, foreign-born greater than 10 years or more in the US). RESULTS: In covariate-adjusted models, each additional role in the social network was associated with 1.39 fewer DMF tooth surfaces (95% CI: −2.21, −0.58) among foreign-born Hispanics/Latinos with fewer than 10 years lived in the US. For foreign-born Hispanics/Latinos with ten years or more in the US, each additional social network role was associated with 0.57 fewer DMF tooth surfaces (95% CI: −1.19, 0.04). No association was observed between functional social support and dental caries experience regardless of nativity status. DISCUSSION: Our findings suggest that structural social support is protective against dental caries experience among recent immigrants of Hispanic/Latino background. This association may reflect the importance of social support to integration into the medical and dental infrastructure and thus receipt of dental care. Future research that examines the behavioral and cultural factors that moderate the relationship between social support and dental caries experience will inform development of culturally sensitive dental caries prevention programs for Hispanics/Latinos in the United States. |
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