Unit of Oral Health, Dentistry and Society, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, S10 2TA, United Kingdom.
Department of Economic Geography, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, Landleven 1, 9747 AD, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Health Place. 2021 Sep;71:102657. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102657. Epub 2021 Sep 17.
This research used proof of concept agent-based models to test various theoretical mechanisms by which neighbourhoods may influence tooth decay in adults. Theoretical pathways were constructed using existing literature and tested in two study areas in Sheffield, UK. The models found a pathway between shops and sugar consumption had the most influence on adult tooth decay scores, revealing that similar mechanisms influence this outcome in different populations. This highlighted the importance of the interactions between neighbourhood features and individual level variables in influencing outcomes in tooth decay. Further work is required to improve the accuracy and reliability of the models.
本研究使用基于证据的概念代理模型来测试各种理论机制，这些机制可以解释邻里环境如何影响成年人的龋齿程度。理论途径是利用现有文献构建的，并在英国谢菲尔德的两个研究区域进行了测试。研究发现，商店与糖消费之间的关系对成年人的龋齿评分影响最大，这表明类似的机制在不同人群中对这一结果有影响。这突出了邻里特征和个体水平变量之间的相互作用对影响龋齿结果的重要性。需要进一步的工作来提高模型的准确性和可靠性。
