Patterns of Change in Self-Reported Oral Health Among Dentate Adults
| Autor: | Chuck W. Peek, Richard P. Duncan, John C. Henretta, Gregg H. Gilbert, Heft Mw |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Adult
Change over time Self-Assessment Longitudinal study Time Factors Dental research Oral Health Oral health Sensitivity and Specificity Surveys and Questionnaires Tissue damage Humans Medicine Longitudinal Studies Dental Health Surveys Disadvantage business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Reproducibility of Results Middle Aged Dental care stomatognathic diseases Florida Oral disease business Attitude to Health Demography |
| Zdroj: | Medical Care. 37:1237-1248 |
| ISSN: | 0025-7079 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00005650-199912000-00007 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Although self-assessments of oral health have become useful tools in dental research, the use of self-reports to study changes in oral health over time has been limited. The aim of this investigation was to describe how oral disease and tissue damage, pain, functional limitation, disadvantage, and self-rated oral health change over time. METHODS The Florida Dental Care Study (FDCS) (n = 873) is a longitudinal study of oral health among dentate adults (age, > or = 45 years). Incidence rates and transition probabilities were used to describe changes in oral health over a 24-month period. RESULTS The probability of reporting a specific problem during the 24-month study ranged from 0.52 for perceived need for dental care to 0.07 for avoided eating with others. Only dental sensitivity and perceived need for dental care had transition probabilities >0.20. Decomposition of transition probabilities revealed moderate probabilities of onset coupled with relatively high probabilities of recovery. CONCLUSION Although oral health status is clearly dynamic, no individual measure exhibited profound fluctuation. Most oral health problems were episodic rather than chronic. Patterns of change in oral health varied across dimensional lines. |
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