Petersen P E
Scand J Prim Health Care. 1984 Nov;2(4):167-73. doi: 10.3109/02813438409017716.
The purpose of the present investigation was to study dental visits and self-assessment of dental health status in the adult Danish population. The study group comprised 5151 persons (86.7% of the original sample) who were interviewed in order to determine living conditions. Questions on dental visits and self-assessment of dental health status were included. 61% of the adult Danish population in the age group 20-69 had regular dental visits. Dental visit habits varied according to urbanization, age, sex and social group. Among well off persons 85% had regular dental visits as opposed to only 40% in the disadvantaged social group. Well off persons and persons with regular dental visits more often claimed good dental health than persons in the disadvantaged social group and among the non-regular visitors. In the higher social group 13% reported to have removable dentures in contrast to 51% in the disadvantaged social group. To isolate determinants of dental visits a multiple dummy-regression analysis was performed. Nearly 50% of the variation in dental visit habits was explained by the variables: urbanization, sex, age, perceived dental health status, education, work in exhausting jobs, income, social background and perceived psychological problems. Efforts to bring a greater part of the adult population in Denmark in contact with the dental health service system should consider these findings.
本调查的目的是研究丹麦成年人口的牙科就诊情况以及对牙齿健康状况的自我评估。研究组由5151人组成（占原始样本的86.7%），为确定生活状况对其进行了访谈。其中包括关于牙科就诊和牙齿健康状况自我评估的问题。年龄在20 - 69岁的丹麦成年人口中，61%有定期看牙的习惯。看牙习惯因城市化程度、年龄、性别和社会群体而异。富裕人群中有85%有定期看牙的习惯，而处于社会弱势的群体中这一比例仅为40%。与社会弱势群体和不定期看牙的人群相比，富裕人群和有定期看牙习惯的人更常声称自己牙齿健康状况良好。在较高社会群体中，13%的人报告有可摘义齿，而在社会弱势群体中这一比例为51%。为了找出看牙习惯的决定因素，进行了多元虚拟回归分析。近50%的看牙习惯差异可由以下变量解释：城市化程度、性别、年龄、感知到的牙齿健康状况、教育程度、从事累人的工作、收入、社会背景以及感知到的心理问题。丹麦若要努力让更多成年人口接触到牙齿健康服务体系，应考虑这些研究结果。
