TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors associated with self-reported dental visits among older melbournians. The MELSHA study 2008 data collection
AU - Mariño, Rodrigo
AU - Enticott, Joanne
AU - Elsamman, Mahmoud
AU - Etzion, Rachel
AU - Ferooz, Maryam
AU - Fujihara, Ryuun
AU - Hancock, Hugo
AU - He, Julian
AU - Kendig, Hall
AU - Browning, Colette
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Universidad de Concepcion. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Objective: To describe self-reported oral health-care visits and associated factors in older adults in Melbourne, Australia. Material and Methods: 201 older adults, 79-96 years, took part in the Melbourne Longitudinal Studies on Healthy Ageing (MELSHA) in 2008. Participants who visited a dentist within 12-months prior were identified. Logistic regression examined factors associated with the 12-month visits. Results: 47.7% reported visits to the dentist in the previous 12 months. Multivariate analyses showed dentate participants (OR=11.27; 95% CI: 4.38-29.00) were more likely to have a 12-month visit, and; those receiving a government pension or benefit were less likely to have a 12-month visit (OR=0.38; 95% CI 0.18-0.79). Conclusion: Compared with existing data on the oral health of older Australians, MELSHA participants appear to have lower dental attendance. Findings highlight the need to increase older people sleeking oral health-care, and the need to collect information to identify influencers of oral health service usage.
AB - Objective: To describe self-reported oral health-care visits and associated factors in older adults in Melbourne, Australia. Material and Methods: 201 older adults, 79-96 years, took part in the Melbourne Longitudinal Studies on Healthy Ageing (MELSHA) in 2008. Participants who visited a dentist within 12-months prior were identified. Logistic regression examined factors associated with the 12-month visits. Results: 47.7% reported visits to the dentist in the previous 12 months. Multivariate analyses showed dentate participants (OR=11.27; 95% CI: 4.38-29.00) were more likely to have a 12-month visit, and; those receiving a government pension or benefit were less likely to have a 12-month visit (OR=0.38; 95% CI 0.18-0.79). Conclusion: Compared with existing data on the oral health of older Australians, MELSHA participants appear to have lower dental attendance. Findings highlight the need to increase older people sleeking oral health-care, and the need to collect information to identify influencers of oral health service usage.
KW - Australia
KW - Dental health services
KW - Elderly
KW - Health services for the aged
KW - Longitudinal studies
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U2 - 10.17126/joralres.2019.041
DO - 10.17126/joralres.2019.041
M3 - Article
SN - 0719-2479
VL - 8
SP - 275
EP - 281
JO - Journal of Oral Research
JF - Journal of Oral Research
IS - 4
ER -