Relationship between gender, income and education and self-perceived oral health among elderly Mexicans. An exploratory study
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2015
- handle: 10670/1.xcujlx
- 1413-8123
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Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
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Salud GOHA Gender Income Oral healthSujets proches
Wellness Personal health Biography--HealthCiter ce document
Rosa Diana Hernández-Palacios et al., « Relationship between gender, income and education and self-perceived oral health among elderly Mexicans. An exploratory study », Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, ID : 10670/1.xcujlx
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"The aim of this study was to identify the relationship between sociodemographic factors and self-perceived oral health (SPOH) among the elderly. A cross-sectional, exploratory examination of 150 elderly subjects whose ages ranged from 60-86 was conducted. These subjects used the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) to assess their SPOH. In addition, sociodemographic data were collected from study participants. Data were analyzed using Student’s t-test, the examination of odds ratio (OR) of logistic regression analysis, the chi-square test, and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The mean decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) index for the study participants was 20.1 ± 5.8; 21.3% of subjects were edentulous, and 69.3% of subjects wore removable dentures. 62.7% of study participants had poor SPOH (defined as GOHAI score