Factors associated with self-reported dental visits among older Melbournians. The MELSHA study 2008 data collection.
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 wi...
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| author | Rodrigo Mariño Joanne Enticott Mahmoud Elsamman Rachel Etzion Maryam Ferooz Hugo Hancock Julian He Hall Kendig Colette Browning Ryuun Fujihara |
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| description | 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 sl eeking oral health-care, and the need to collect information to identify influencers of oral health service usage. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6fa3e35ee376446f87928c5942676cfb2022-12-21T21:47:10ZengUniversidad de Concepción.Journal of Oral Research0719-24600719-24792019-08-0184275281Factors associated with self-reported dental visits among older Melbournians. The MELSHA study 2008 data collection.Rodrigo Mariño0Joanne Enticott1Mahmoud Elsamman2Rachel Etzion3Maryam Ferooz4Hugo Hancock5Julian He6Hall Kendig7Colette Browning8Ryuun Fujihara9Melbourne Dental School University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.Monash University; Melbourne, Australia.Melbourne Dental School University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.Melbourne Dental School University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.Melbourne Dental School University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.Melbourne Dental School University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.Melbourne Dental School University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.Australia National University, Canberra, Australia.Australia National University, Canberra, Australia. Peking University, China.Melbourne Dental School University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaObjective: 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 sl eeking oral health-care, and the need to collect information to identify influencers of oral health service usage.http://www.joralres.com/index.php/JOR/article/view/joralres.2019.041/603elderlyhealth services for the ageddental health servicesaustralialongitudinal studiesmelsha participants |
| spellingShingle | Rodrigo Mariño Joanne Enticott Mahmoud Elsamman Rachel Etzion Maryam Ferooz Hugo Hancock Julian He Hall Kendig Colette Browning Ryuun Fujihara Factors associated with self-reported dental visits among older Melbournians. The MELSHA study 2008 data collection. Journal of Oral Research elderly health services for the aged dental health services australia longitudinal studies melsha participants |
| title | Factors associated with self-reported dental visits among older Melbournians. The MELSHA study 2008 data collection. |
| title_full | Factors associated with self-reported dental visits among older Melbournians. The MELSHA study 2008 data collection. |
| title_fullStr | Factors associated with self-reported dental visits among older Melbournians. The MELSHA study 2008 data collection. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors associated with self-reported dental visits among older Melbournians. The MELSHA study 2008 data collection. |
| title_short | Factors associated with self-reported dental visits among older Melbournians. The MELSHA study 2008 data collection. |
| title_sort | factors associated with self reported dental visits among older melbournians the melsha study 2008 data collection |
| topic | elderly health services for the aged dental health services australia longitudinal studies melsha participants |
| url | http://www.joralres.com/index.php/JOR/article/view/joralres.2019.041/603 |
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