Using data from population-based samples of adults participating in the ICS-II USA study, and using principal components analysis, we constructed oral health belief measures corresponding to the Health Belief Model (HBM) dimensions. Tests of validity and reliability were performed. Scales measuring perceived benefit of preventive practices and seriousness of oral disease had the highest validit...

There are a number of studies linking social capital to oral health among older adults, although the evidence base mainly relies on cross-sectional study designs. The possibility of reverse causality is seldom discussed, even though oral health problems could potentially lead to lower social participation. Furthermore, few studies clearly distinguish between the effects of different dimensions ...

Background: Many studies examined and reported oral general health inequalities in clinical health, SROH SRH. Objectives: The study aims to explore the social influences, gradients predictors of self-rated (SROH) (SRH) wellbeing Greek adults. Methods: Cross-sectional study, men women, aged 65 years over (N = 743) Greece. Descriptive statistical analyses were performed for dentate edentulous par...

BACKGROUND The complex physiological, psychological, and functional changes at the end of life may dramatically affect oral health. However, evidence regarding oral health changes at the end of life is scarce. This study's objective was to examine self-rated oral health and oral health behaviors among community-dwelling elders in the last year of life. METHODS This study was a retrospective l...

39 Received August 27, 2014; revised and accepted December 10, 2014. Published online January 9, 2015; doi: 10.1620/tjem.235.39. Correspondence: Yoshihisa Yamashita, Section of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, Division of Oral Health, Growth and Development, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. e-mail: [email protected]...

UNLABELLED Limited information is available about dental service use, perceived need and perceived oral health status among Aboriginal populations in Western Australia. This study collected information from a convenience sample of people attending the opening ceremony of the 2014 National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee celebrations in Perth, Western Australia. METHODS Peopl...

BACKGROUND As part of a long-standing line of research regarding how peer density affects health, researchers have sought to understand the multifaceted ways that the density of contemporaries living and interacting in proximity to one another influence social networks and knowledge diffusion, and subsequently health and well-being. This study examined peer density effects on oral health for ra...

objectives: this study aims to assess the relationship between the frequency of aggressive behaviors, life satisfaction (ls) and self- rated health (srh) and counseling with family members in a representative sample of iranian children and adolescents. methods: in this nationwide study, 14880 school students, aged 6-18 years, wereselected by cluster and stratified multi-stage sampling method fr...

Background: This study aims to explore the extent to which the perceived oral conditions predict adolescent global life satisfaction (GLS); Methods: The sample in a cross-sectional survey consisted of 1510 Lithuanian adolescents (41.7% boys) aged 11-18. The survey was conducted by means of self-report questionnaires that were administrated in school classrooms ensuring confidentiality and anony...