Atchison K A, Gift H C
Section of Public Health Dentistry, UCLA School of Dentistry 90095-1668, USA.
Adv Dent Res. 1997 May;11(2):272-80. doi: 10.1177/08959374970110021001.
Measures of perceived oral health represent subjective, individual perspective of one's health. One measure commonly used is the single-item perceived oral health rating: How would you rate your overall oral health? These analyses examine the associations among age, ethnicity, and perceived oral health within the context of a comprehensive battery of 21 predisposing, enabling, and need variables. The study of compares the adult data from three United States research locations of the International Collaborative Study of Oral Health Outcomes (ICS-II). Only social survey data were used for this analysis. The multiple regression model explains over 30% of the variance in perceived oral health, with R squares ranging from 0.324 for Indian Health Service sites to 0.391 for San Antonio. The most important significant predictors include ethnic group, education, perceived general health status, being edentulous or not having a partial denture, having no oral pain, fewer oral symptoms, and having one or more dental visits. The predictors of positive perceived oral health for the diverse groups highlight interesting age and ethnic differences. The only universal predictor for the middle-aged adults was having fewer oral symptoms. For the older adults, being edentulous or not having a partial denture was the only universal predictor. The findings suggest that perceived oral health may be a useful outcome measure in dentistry because of its relation to predisposing sociodemographics and dental utilization.
口腔健康感知度的衡量代表了个人对自身健康的主观看法。常用的一种衡量方法是单项口腔健康感知评分：您如何评价自己的整体口腔健康状况？这些分析在包含21个 predisposing、enabling 和需求变量的综合背景下，研究年龄、种族与口腔健康感知度之间的关联。该研究比较了美国国际口腔健康结果协作研究（ICS-II）三个研究地点的成人数据。此分析仅使用社会调查数据。多元回归模型解释了口腔健康感知度中超过30%的方差，决定系数（R平方）范围从印第安卫生服务机构的0.324到圣安东尼奥的0.391。最重要的显著预测因素包括种族、教育程度、自我感知的总体健康状况、无牙或没有局部义齿、无口腔疼痛、较少的口腔症状以及有一次或多次牙科就诊经历。不同群体中积极口腔健康感知度的预测因素凸显了有趣的年龄和种族差异。中年成年人唯一普遍的预测因素是口腔症状较少。对于老年人来说，无牙或没有局部义齿是唯一普遍的预测因素。研究结果表明，由于口腔健康感知度与社会人口统计学易感性和牙科利用情况相关，它可能是牙科领域一个有用的结果衡量指标。
