Zini Avi, Vered Yuval, Sgan-Cohen Harold D
Department of Community Dentistry, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
Australas J Ageing. 2011 Jun;30(2):70-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00455.x. Epub 2010 Aug 19.
In order to identify whether demographic and oral health-related quality of life factors are associated with dental care attendance among an underprivileged older population, a comparison was performed between people who have and have not attended dental care.
A cross-sectional purposive sample of 344 older underprivileged people comprised the study population. The dependent variable was dental care attendance. The 14-item version of the Oral Health Impact Profile index (OHIP-14) was used as the independent variable, together with other social and general variables, using a structured interview.
The variables that were significantly associated with dental care attendance were family status (not married, the highest attendance), dwelling location (living at home, the highest attendance), caregiver (family member, the highest attendance), place of birth (Western countries, the highest attendance) and income (pension, the highest attendance). Sex, welfare support, functional ability, education, age and OHIP-14 were not associated with dental care attendance.
Attending dental care was not associated with oral health-related quality of life measured by OHIP-14. Several socioeconomic variables were strongly associated.
为了确定在贫困老年人群中，人口统计学因素及与口腔健康相关的生活质量因素是否与接受牙科护理有关，对接受和未接受牙科护理的人群进行了比较。
以344名贫困老年人为研究对象，采用横断面立意抽样法。因变量为是否接受牙科护理。采用14项口腔健康影响程度量表（OHIP - 14）作为自变量，并通过结构化访谈收集其他社会和一般变量。
与接受牙科护理显著相关的变量包括家庭状况（未婚，接受护理比例最高）、居住地点（在家居住，接受护理比例最高）、照顾者（家庭成员，接受护理比例最高）、出生地（西方国家，接受护理比例最高）和收入（养老金，接受护理比例最高）。性别、福利支持、功能能力、教育程度、年龄和OHIP - 14与接受牙科护理无关。
接受牙科护理与OHIP - 14所衡量的与口腔健康相关的生活质量无关。几个社会经济变量与之密切相关。
