Barriers to dental visits in <scp>B</scp>elgium: a secondary analysis of the 2004 <scp>N</scp>ational <scp>H</scp>ealth <scp>I</scp>nterview <scp>S</scp>urvey

Talla, Pascaline Kengne; Gagnon, Marie‐Pierre; Dramaix, M.; Lévêque, Alain

doi:10.1111/jphd.12003

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“…Consistent with findings from previous studies [25, 32, 36, 37], the results presented here show that rural residence is a significant impediment to dental care-seeking behavior in middle-aged and elderly people. This phenomenon has a variety of explanations.…”

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“…Third, the degree of the variability in the urban areas may not be comparable with that in the rural areas; however, no data were available regarding these differences, which could bias the results. Finally, other sociodemographic factors, including smoking, weekly low alcohol consumption, body mass index > 25 mg/kg 2 , and fear of dental care, have been recently suggested as possible determinants of dental care-seeking behavior [10, 32]. Unfortunately, these data were not collected in the current study.…”

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“…The frequencies of middle-aged (82.3 %) and elderly (80.3 %) residents of northeast China who did not visit dentist in the past year were much higher than in comparable populations in south China (20.9–76.0 %) [25, 26] and in other developed countries (28.6–49.7 %) [23, 32, 33]. The high burden of oral disease and limited oral health care resources in China are preventing the dental care needs of elderly individuals from being adequately met [34], particularly in the central region of northeast China.…”

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Characteristics of dental care-seeking behavior and related sociodemographic factors in a middle-aged and elderly population in northeast China

Liu

Zhang

et al. 2015

BMC Oral Health

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BackgroundThe etiologies of oral disease are generally progressive and cumulative, such that compared with younger individuals, middle-aged and elderly people are at greater risk of active dental caries and periodontal disease risk. They usually suffer from multiple oral diseases, and obstacles to their use of dental care services are numerous.ObjectivesThe objectives of this study were to investigate the characteristics of dental care-seeking behaviors and related sociodemographic factors in a middle-aged and elderly population in northeast China.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study of 1188 subjects, including 792 middle-aged (35–44 years-old) and 396 elderly (65–74 years-old) residents of northeast China. Information on dental care-seeking behaviors and sociodemographic characteristics was collected during face-to-face structured interviews conducted between May and June 2010. Chi square tests, Ridit scoring, and multivariate logistic regression analysis were employed to characterize dental care-seeking behaviors and their associations with sociodemographic factors.ResultsA greater proportion of middle-aged participants reported a need for dental visits compared with the elderly participants (75.8 % vs. 60.9 %; P < 0.01), as did more urban that rural residents (P < 0.05). The majority of individuals in both the middle-aged and elderly groups obtained for dental care at their own expense, and they predominantly chose private dental clinics. Ridit analyses showed that education level and income were significantly associated with oral care in both middle-aged and elderly people (Ps < 0.05). In addition, logistic regression analysis indicated that rural residence was negatively associated with dental visits in both middle-aged (odds ratio = 0.649, 95 % confidence interval: 0.447–0.884) and elderly (odds ratio = 0.604, 95 % confidence interval: 0.394–0.924) individuals.ConclusionThe rate of dental care visits is low in the middle-aged and elderly populations of northeast China. Among sociodemographic factors, education level and income are positively associated with dental care visits, and rural residence is negatively associated with the frequency of such visits.

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“…Moreover, educational coverage in the Maule Region is 70.8%, which is also the lowest in Chile. Thus, it is possible to explain the lack of use of dental services and the poor oral health status in the population by these educational, socio‐economic and cultural factors.…”

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Caries experience and use of dental services in rural and urban adults and older adults from central Chile

Quinteros

Cáceres

Soto

et al. 2014

International Dental Journal

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“…With regard to access to oral health services, it is known that socioeconomic status [12,13], living conditions [14] and experience of caries [15,16] negatively affect the search for dental care. However, factors inherent to the organization of health services are poorly studied, especially those regarding specialized dental care.…”

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Accessibility to Specialized Public Oral Health Services from the Perspective of Brazilian Users

Rangel

Silva

Lucena

et al. 2016

IJERPH

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The Specialized Dental Clinics (SDCs) represent the first government initiative in Latin America aimed at providing specialized oral health services. This study sought to evaluate the organizational accessibility to specialized oral health care services in Brazil and to understand the factors that may be associated with accessibility from the user’s perspective. This epidemiological, cross-sectional and quantitative study was conducted by means of interviews with individuals who sought specialized public oral health services in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil, and consisted of a sample of 590 individuals. Users expressed a favorable view of the classification and resolutive nature of specialized services offered by Brazilian public health. The binary logistic regression analysis revealed weak points highlighting the difficulty involved in obtaining such treatments leading to unfavorable evaluations. In the resolutive nature item, difficulty in accessing the location, queues and lack of materials and equipment were highlighted as statistically significant unfavorable aspects. While many of the users considered the service to be resolutive, weaknesses were mentioned that need to be detected to promote improvements and to prevent other health models adopted worldwide from reproducing the same flaws.

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Barriers to dental visits in Belgium: a secondary analysis of the 2004 National Health Interview Survey

Abstract: Barriers to dental visits in Belgium differ among age groups and are linked to personal and environmental factors. The findings confirm the existence of social health inequalities in dental visits among Belgian people.

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Characteristics of dental care-seeking behavior and related sociodemographic factors in a middle-aged and elderly population in northeast China

Characteristics of dental care-seeking behavior and related sociodemographic factors in a middle-aged and elderly population in northeast China

Caries experience and use of dental services in rural and urban adults and older adults from central Chile

Accessibility to Specialized Public Oral Health Services from the Perspective of Brazilian Users

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