Oral health and related risk indicators in north-central Appalachia differ by rurality.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This cross-sectional study assessed differences in oral health and related behaviours and risk indicators by rurality in a north-central Appalachian population using the Andersen behavioural model as a conceptual framework.

Methods

Participants were residents aged 18-59 years (n = 1311) from the Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia, selected according to a household-based sampling strategy. Rural-Urban Continuum codes (RUC) corresponding to the participants' residences were used to classify participants as rural or urban. Mixed models were used to test rural-urban differences in measures of oral health, related behaviours, and need, enabling, and predisposing risk indicators. Models were adjusted for sociodemographic variables: age, sex, race, income, per

SUBMITTER: Zhou Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8381283 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature