Socio‐economic status, social support, social network, dental status, and oral health reported outcomes in adolescents

Socio‐economic status, social support, social network, dental status, and oral health reported outcomes in adolescents

This study explored the relationships between sex, socio‐economic status, social support, social network, dental clinical status, dental pain, oral health‐related quality of life (OHRQoL), and self‐rated oral health (SROH) in adolescents. A cross‐sectional study involving 542 adolescents, aged 12–14...

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Published in:European journal of oral sciences Vol. 127; no. 2; pp. 139 - 146
Main Authors: Vettore, Mario V., Ahmad, Saousan F. H., Machuca, Carolina, Fontanini, Humberto
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01-04-2019
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Brazil - epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dental Care - statistics & numerical data
Dental caries
Dental Caries - epidemiology
Dental Health Surveys
Dentistry
Dentists
Economic factors
Economic Status
Economics
Health promotion
Humans
Income
Latent Class Analysis
oral health
Oral Health - statistics & numerical data
Pain
Parents
Patient Reported Outcome Measures
Quality of life
Quality of Life - psychology
Social Class
Social interactions
Social Networking
Social networks
Social organization
Social Support
social ties
socio‐economic factors
Structural equation modeling
structural equation modeling
Teenagers
Teeth
Tooth Loss - epidemiology
Trauma
Brazil
social ties
oral health
quality of life
structural equation modeling
socio-economic factors
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Summary:This study explored the relationships between sex, socio‐economic status, social support, social network, dental clinical status, dental pain, oral health‐related quality of life (OHRQoL), and self‐rated oral health (SROH) in adolescents. A cross‐sectional study involving 542 adolescents, aged 12–14 yr, was conducted in Dourados, Brazil, to collect dental clinical measures (dental caries, missing teeth, and dental trauma), as well as measures of social support, social network, dental pain, OHRQoL, and SROH. Information on family income and parental education were collected from participant's parents. Structural equation modeling showed that higher income predicted better dental status and better SROH. Greater social support was linked to better dental status and better OHRQoL. Having more social networks was directly linked to better dental status. Poor dental status was linked to dental pain and poor OHRQoL. Dental pain predicted poor OHRQoL and worse SROH. Poor OHRQoL predicted worse SROH. Family income, social support, and social networks indirectly predicted dental pain via dental status. The latter was indirectly linked to OHRQoL and SROH via dental pain. Social support and social networks indirectly predicted OHRQoL and SROH via dental status and dental pain. Socio‐economic factors and social relationships should be considered when planning health promotion and dental care provision to improve an adolescent's oral health.
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ISSN:0909-8836
1600-0722
DOI:10.1111/eos.12605