Marie-Paule Lecoutre, Evelyne Clement, Bruno Lecoutre
Failure to construct and transfer correct representations across probability problems
Psychological reports
development implementation appropriate strategies enhance oral health community aided understanding oral healthcare seeking behavior among urban rural populations purpose study identify factors associated oral healthcare seeking behavior malaysians urban rural locations selfreported dental problems national health morbidity survey 2019 crosssectional nationwide household survey focused noninstitutionalised malaysians provided data study adults malaysia 18 years age older twostage stratified random sampling technique employed ensure national representativeness data collected using multilingual malay english structured validated questionnaire via facetoface interviews july october 2019 dependent variable oral healthcare seeking behavior sought oral healthcare selfmedication independent variables predisposing enabling health needs factor based andersens behavioral model descriptive statistics used describe characteristics oral healthcare seeking behavior respondents relationship independent dependent variables investigated using multivariable logistic regression analysis analysis comprised total 10134 respondents representing 182 million malaysian adults aged 18 overall prevalence malaysian adults selfreported dental problems low 55 slightly higher rural urban population almost half sought treatment healthcare practitioners almost quarter selfmedicated ethnicity associated seeking healthcare selfmedication among urban dwellers among rural population income level associated seeking healthcare education level associated selfmedication disparities oral healthcare seeking behaviors exist malaysians living urban rural areas future policies adopt focused strategies concentrate oral healthcare accessibility health literacy vulnerable rural populations achieve best oral healthcare population group