Amarasena Najith, Kapellas Kostas, Skilton Michael R, Maple-Brown Louise J, Brown Alex, Bartold Mark, O'Dea Kerin, Celermajer David, Jamieson Lisa M
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2016 Feb;27(1 Suppl):67-80. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2016.0040.
To determine factors associated with routine dental attendance in Aboriginal Australians.
Data of 271 Aboriginal adults residing in Australia's Northern Territory were used. Routine dental attendance was defined as last visiting a dentist less than one year ago or visiting a dentist for a check-up. Both bivariate and multivariable analytical techniques were used.
While 27% visited a dentist in the past year, 29% of these visited for a check-up. In bivariate analysis, being female, low psychological distress, and low clinical attachment loss (CAL) were associated with visiting a dentist within last year. Being aged younger than 39 years, male, no oral health impairment, being caries-free, low CAL, and low apolipoprotein B were associated with visiting for a check-up. Clinical attachment loss remained associated with visiting a dentist less than one year ago while being younger than 39 years and having no oral health impairment remained associated with usually visiting for a check-up in multivariable analysis.
Younger age, no oral health impairment, and low CAL were associated with routine dental attendance among Indigenous Australians.
确定与澳大利亚原住民定期看牙相关的因素。
使用了居住在澳大利亚北领地的271名原住民成年人的数据。定期看牙定义为在不到一年前看过牙医或因检查而去看牙医。采用了双变量和多变量分析技术。
虽然27%的人在过去一年看过牙医，但其中29%是因检查而去看的。在双变量分析中，女性、心理困扰程度低以及临床附着丧失（CAL）低与去年看牙医有关。年龄小于39岁、男性、无口腔健康损害、无龋齿、CAL低以及载脂蛋白B低与因检查而去看牙医有关。在多变量分析中，临床附着丧失仍然与不到一年前看牙医有关，而年龄小于39岁和无口腔健康损害仍然与通常因检查而去看牙医有关。
年龄较小、无口腔健康损害和CAL低与澳大利亚原住民定期看牙有关。
