Jennifer Holtzman|Kathryn A. Atchison|Melanie W. Gironda|R. Radbod|Jeffrey Gornbein
The association between oral health literacy and failed appointments in adults attending a university?based general dental clinic
University of California, Los Angeles|University of California, Los Angeles|University of California, Los Angeles|Applied Biomathematics (United States)|University of California, Los Angeles|Applied Biomathematics (United States)|University of California, Los Angeles
purpose study determine association personal characteristics persons oral health literacy failing show dental appointments university dental clinica secondary data analysis conducted data collected 200 adults university dental clinic january 2005 december 2006 original study oral health literacy instrument rapid estimate adult literacy medicine dentistry realmd administered sociodemographic health information seeking behavior gathered electronic records revieweddescriptive bivariate analyses classification regression tree cart analysis conducted seeking health information fewer sources vs multiple sources strongest predictor failing show subjects oral health literacy measured realmd list 3 score next significant variable classification regression tree analyses also selected gender chief complaint age payment type predictor variablesmultiple factors contribute failing show dental appointments however individuals use fewer sources oral health information subset health literacy skills likely fail show dental appointments