| Revista: | Revista de saude publica |
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| Número de sistema: | 000535913 |
| ISSN: | 0034-8910 |
| Autores: | Lopes, Roanny Torres1 Neves, Érick Tássio Barbosa1 Dutra, Laio da Costa1 Gomes, Monalisa Cesarino1 Paiva, Saul Martins2 Abreu, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães de2 Ferreira, Fernanda Morais2 Granville Garcia, Ana Flávia3 |
| Instituciones: | 1Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Odontologia, Campina Grande, Paraíba. Brasil 2Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Odontologia, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Brasil 3Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Faculdade de Odontologia, Campina Grande, Paraíba. Brasil |
| Año: | 2020 |
| Volumen: | 54 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Resumen en inglés | OBJECTIVE Evaluate socio-demographic, family and behavioral factors associated with oral health literacy (OHL) in adolescents. METHODS Cross-sectional study conducted with adolescents aged 15 to 19 years in Campina Grande, Brazil. Parents/guardians answered a questionnaire addressing socio-demographic data. The adolescents answered validated instruments on family cohesion and adaptability (family adaptability and cohesion evaluation scale), drug use (alcohol, smoking and substance involvement screening test), type of dental service used for last appointment and OHL (Brazilian version of the Rapid Estimate of Oral Health Literacy in Dentistry). Two dentists were trained to evaluate OHL (K = 0.87–0.88). Descriptive analysis was performed, followed by Poisson regression analysis (α = 5%). A directed acyclic graph was used to select independent variables in the study. RESULTS The following variables remained associated with better OHL: high mother’s schooling level (RR = 1.07; 95%CI: 1.03–1.12), high income (RR = 1.04; 95%CI: 1.01–1.09), white ethnicity/skin color (RR = 1.05; 95%CI: 1.01–1.10), married parents (RR = 1.04; 95%CI: 1.01–1.09), “enmeshed” family cohesion (RR = 1.21; 95%CI: 1.12–1.30), “structured” (RR = 1.06; 95%CI: 1.01–1.12) or “rigid” (RR = 1.11; 95%CI: 1.04–1.19) family adaptability, having more than five residents in the home (RR = 1.07; 95%CI: 1.01–1.14) and having used a private dental service during the last appointment (RR = 1.08; 95%CI: 1.03–1.13). CONCLUSION Family functioning and socio-demographic factors influence the level of oral health literacy among adolescents. |
| Keyword: | Adolescent, Self-Care, Family Relations, Health Education, Dental, Oral Health, Socioeconomic Factors |
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