Kim Cheol-Sin, Han Sun-Young, Lee Seung Eun, Kang Jeong-Hee, Kim Chul-Woung
Research Institute for Dental Care Policy, Korean Dental Association, Seoul, Korea.
Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
J Prev Med Public Health. 2015 Jul;48(4):195-202. doi: 10.3961/jpmph.15.026. Epub 2015 Jul 23.
Receiving proper dental care plays a significant role in maintaining good oral health. We investigated the relationship between regional deprivation and dental care utilization.
Multilevel logistic regression was used to identify the relationship between the regional deprivation level and dental care utilization purpose, adjusting for individual-level variables, in adults aged 19+ in the 2008 Korean Community Health Survey (n=220 258).
Among Korean adults, 12.8% used dental care to undergo examination and 21.0% visited a dentist for other reasons. In the final model, regional deprivation level was associated with significant variations in dental care utilization for examination (p<0.001). However, this relationship was not shown with dental care utilization for other reasons in the final model.
This study's findings suggest that policy interventions should be considered to reduce regional variations in rates of dental care utilization for examination.
接受适当的牙科护理对保持良好的口腔健康起着重要作用。我们调查了地区贫困与牙科护理利用之间的关系。
采用多水平逻辑回归分析2008年韩国社区健康调查中19岁及以上成年人(n = 220258)的地区贫困水平与牙科护理利用目的之间的关系,并对个体水平变量进行了调整。
在韩国成年人中,12.8%的人利用牙科护理进行检查,21.0%的人因其他原因看牙医。在最终模型中,地区贫困水平与牙科护理检查利用率的显著差异相关(p<0.001)。然而,在最终模型中,这种关系在因其他原因进行的牙科护理利用中并未显示。
本研究结果表明,应考虑采取政策干预措施,以减少牙科护理检查利用率的地区差异。