Social determinants of self-reported oral health among Sámi in Sweden.
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol
; 51(6): 1258-1265, 2023 12.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To investigate the prevalence of poor self-reported oral health and to identify socio-demographic, socio-economic and cultural-related risk factors associated with poor oral health among Sámi in Sweden.METHODS:
A Sámi sample frame was constructed drawing from three pre-existing registers. All identified persons aged 18-84 were invited to participate in the study during February-May 2021. Among the 9249 invitations, 3779 answered the survey. The frequencies of the independent variables in terms of socio-economic, socio-demographic and cultural-related factors as well as the outcome, self-reported oral health, were calculated first. Prevalence ratios (PRs) and their 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were estimated to assess the relationship between the independent variables and the outcome.RESULTS:
Overall, 32.5% of the participants reported a poor oral health with a higher prevalence among men compared to women. Among the socio-demographic factors, being old (PR 1.99; 95% CI 1.59-2.51), unmarried (PR 1.17; 95% CI 1.03-1.33) and divorced or widow-er (PR 1.27; 95% CI 1.09-1.46) were statistically associated to poor self-reported oral health. Among the socio-economic factors, a low education level (PR 1.56; 95% CI 1.29-1.89), belonging to the poorest quintile (PR 1.63; 95% CI 1.35-1.96), and experiencing difficulties to make ends meet several times during the last 12 months (PR 1.74; 95% CI 1.51-1.99) were statistically significant related to poor oral health.CONCLUSIONS:
The self-reported oral health among Sámi in Sweden appears to be worse than that of the general Swedish population. Several socio-economic and socio-demographic factors were found to be strongly associated with poor self-reported oral health. Targeted interventions addressing these social determinants are needed to reduce inequalities in oral health among the Sámi population.Palavras-chave
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Temas:
ECOS
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Equidade_desigualdade
Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Saúde Bucal
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Determinantes Sociais da Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Suécia