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Association of Oral Health Literacy and Dental Visitation in an Inner-City Emergency Department Population
To examine the association between oral health literacy (OHL) with sociodemographic variables and dental visitation in adults presenting to an urban emergency department (ED). Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of a convenience sample of 556 adults aged 18–90. Interview data from the study we...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6121363/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30111688 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15081748 |
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author | Henderson, Emmett Dalawari, Preeti Fitzgerald, Jennifer Hinyard, Leslie |
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description | To examine the association between oral health literacy (OHL) with sociodemographic variables and dental visitation in adults presenting to an urban emergency department (ED). Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of a convenience sample of 556 adults aged 18–90. Interview data from the study were used to collect self-reported sociodemographic characteristics and dental visitation history. The OHL of the study participants was measured using the Health Literacy in Dentistry scale (HeLD-14), and the score was dichotomized into low and high OHL. Bivariate associations between sociodemographic variables and OHL were conducted using chi-square tests, and logistic regression was used to examine the association between OHL and dental visitation within the past year. Results: Sixty percent of participants reported having visited a dentist within the past year. Over two-thirds of the sample was classified as having low OHL. Low OHL was more common in non-White races, less-educated, single, unemployed, and lower-income individuals, and those without a primary care physician or dental insurance (p < 0.05). Patients with low oral health literacy were 39% less likely to have visited the dentist in the past year (OR = 0.61; 95% CI 0.38, 0.96). Conclusions: This study highlights significant disparities in OHL. Interventions targeted toward the unique needs of underserved populations should be developed to improve health outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-61213632018-09-07 Association of Oral Health Literacy and Dental Visitation in an Inner-City Emergency Department Population Henderson, Emmett Dalawari, Preeti Fitzgerald, Jennifer Hinyard, Leslie Int J Environ Res Public Health Article To examine the association between oral health literacy (OHL) with sociodemographic variables and dental visitation in adults presenting to an urban emergency department (ED). Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of a convenience sample of 556 adults aged 18–90. Interview data from the study were used to collect self-reported sociodemographic characteristics and dental visitation history. The OHL of the study participants was measured using the Health Literacy in Dentistry scale (HeLD-14), and the score was dichotomized into low and high OHL. Bivariate associations between sociodemographic variables and OHL were conducted using chi-square tests, and logistic regression was used to examine the association between OHL and dental visitation within the past year. Results: Sixty percent of participants reported having visited a dentist within the past year. Over two-thirds of the sample was classified as having low OHL. Low OHL was more common in non-White races, less-educated, single, unemployed, and lower-income individuals, and those without a primary care physician or dental insurance (p < 0.05). Patients with low oral health literacy were 39% less likely to have visited the dentist in the past year (OR = 0.61; 95% CI 0.38, 0.96). Conclusions: This study highlights significant disparities in OHL. Interventions targeted toward the unique needs of underserved populations should be developed to improve health outcomes. MDPI 2018-08-15 2018-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6121363/ /pubmed/30111688 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15081748 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Henderson, Emmett Dalawari, Preeti Fitzgerald, Jennifer Hinyard, Leslie Association of Oral Health Literacy and Dental Visitation in an Inner-City Emergency Department Population |
title | Association of Oral Health Literacy and Dental Visitation in an Inner-City Emergency Department Population |
title_full | Association of Oral Health Literacy and Dental Visitation in an Inner-City Emergency Department Population |
title_fullStr | Association of Oral Health Literacy and Dental Visitation in an Inner-City Emergency Department Population |
title_full_unstemmed | Association of Oral Health Literacy and Dental Visitation in an Inner-City Emergency Department Population |
title_short | Association of Oral Health Literacy and Dental Visitation in an Inner-City Emergency Department Population |
title_sort | association of oral health literacy and dental visitation in an inner-city emergency department population |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6121363/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30111688 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15081748 |
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