Associations of socioeconomic and health factors with dental non-attendance: A comparison of three cohorts of women.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Most studies on factors influencing dental attendance are cross-sectional and focus on specific age groups. The associations between private ancillary health insurance, tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and overweight/obesity with dental attendance were examined in three cohorts of Australian women of different ages using multiple waves of data over similar time periods.

Methods

Data from 10 233, 12 378 and 7892 women born in 1973-1978, 1946-1951 and 1921-1926 participating in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health were used. Poisson regression using generalized estimating equations was used to investigate factors associated with self-report of not visiting the dentist in the 12 months before completing each wave.

Results

The role of dental

SUBMITTER: Wilson LF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10946461 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature