Mohammad Mehdi Naghibi Sistani|Reza Yazdani|Jorma I. Virtanen|Afsaneh Pakdaman|Heikki Murtomaa
Determinants of Oral Health: Does Oral Health Literacy Matter?
Tehran University of Medical Sciences|University of Helsinki|Tehran University of Medical Sciences|University of Helsinki|University of Oulu|Tehran University of Medical Sciences|University of Helsinki
objective evaluate oral health literacy independent oral health determinants risk indicator selfreported oral health methods crosssectional populationbased survey conducted tehran iran multiple logistic regression analysis served estimate predictive effect oral health literacy selfreported oral health status good versus poor controlling socioeconomic demographic factors toothbrushing behavior results among 1031 participants mean age 363 sd 129 51 female women reported brushing teeth frequently mmlmath xmlnsmmlhttpwwww3org1998mathmathml idm1mmlmrowmmlmipmmlmimmlmoltmmlmommlmn0001mmlmnmmlmrowmmlmath scored higher oral health literacy mean 109 versus 102 mmlmath xmlnsmmlhttpwwww3org1998mathmathml idm2mmlmrowmmlmipmmlmimmlmoltmmlmommlmn0001mmlmnmmlmrowmmlmath adjusted model high age 101 95 ci 10031034 low education 188 95 ci 123287 small living area square meters per person 185 95 ci 10033423 poor tooth brushing behavior 335 95 ci 202557 low oral health literacy scores 158 95 ci 102245 significant risk indicators poor selfreported oral health conclusions low oral health literacy level independent education socioeconomic determinants predictor poor selfreported oral health considered vital determinant oral health countries developing health care systems