Self-rated oral health among elderly patients attending a university dental hospital in Thailand: a telephone-based cross-sectional survey study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oral health perception is an influential predictor of both current and future health among the elderly. However, limited research has focused on self-rated oral health among older patients attending tertiary dental care. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the potential factors associated with self-rated oral health among elderly patients attending a university dental hospital in Thailand.

Methods

This telephone-based cross-sectional study was carried out among elderly patients older than 60 years who attended at least one dental visit at the university dental hospital in 2020. Hospital numbers (HN) were used to identify eligible candidates for this study. We calculated the sample size by assuming a finite population of 70,028 elderly patients with valid teleph

SUBMITTER: Sermsuti-Anuwat N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9558616 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature