Effect of the 2008 economic crisis on oral health in Spain: analysis of serial cross-sectional, population-based health surveys

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the impact of the economic crisis on the oral health of individuals in Spain based on variables including sex, unemployment, social class and educational level.

Design

This was an analysis of serial cross-sectional, population-based health surveys conducted before the crisis (2003 and 2006) and during the crisis (2011, 2014 and 2017).

Setting

National Health Surveys of Spain and the European Health Survey in Spain. Participants A total of 189 543 participants were recruited.

Outcome measures

The independent variables were sex, employment, social class and educational level. The dependent variables were related to oral health. Descriptive statistics, χ2 tests and the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test were performed.

Results

The

SUBMITTER: Eirey S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9756153 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature