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Associations of multidimensional health literacy with reported oral health promoting behaviour among Slovak adults: a cross-sectional study

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15260%2F18%3A73590359" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15260/18:73590359 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Result on the web

    <a href="https://bmcoralhealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12903-018-0506-6" target="_blank" >https://bmcoralhealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12903-018-0506-6</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-018-0506-6" target="_blank" >10.1186/s12903-018-0506-6</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Associations of multidimensional health literacy with reported oral health promoting behaviour among Slovak adults: a cross-sectional study

  • Original language description

    Background: Modification of health literacy (HL) is an important factor for improving and maintaining oral health. The aim of the study is to examine the association of HL with oral health-promoting behaviour (OHPB) and assess possible mediating effects of HL on the impact of socioeconomic status on OHPB. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey on the Slovak general adult population (N = 360, mean age 39) was conducted in 2014 and 2015. The association of HL (9 domains of the Health Literacy Questionnaire) and OHPB was analysed using logistic regression models adjusted for gender, age and educational level. Testing the mediating effect of HL domains between education attainment and OHPB was performed using the Sobel test. Results: Women and respondents with higher education reported better OHPB. Regular tooth-brushing is associated with better HL in five domains: Feeling understood and supported by healthcare provider, Having sufficient information to manage my health, Activelymanaging my health, Social support for health, Appraisal of health information (Odds ratios (ORs) from 1.64 to 2.33, p &lt; 0.05). Using interdental tools is in association with better HL in two domains: Feeling understood and supported by a healthcare provider and Having sufficient information to manage my health (ORs 1.71 to 1.80, p &lt; 0.05). Respondents who visited a dentist for prevention score higher in Social support for health (OR 1.79, p &lt; 0.05). Using a tongue scraper and single brush and reporting gums bleeding is notstatistically significantly associated with HL. Mediation was confirmed between the effect of respondents&apos; education on using fluoride toothpaste - mediated respondent&apos;s ability to find good health information. Frequency of tooth-brushing and using interdental hygiene aids were both mediated by patient&apos;s sufficient information to manage health. Conclusions: Our results indicate HL to be an important factor related to good oral health, and HL should be considered when planning oral health interventions.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    30304 - Public and environmental health

Result continuities

  • Project

  • Continuities

    I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Others

  • Publication year

    2018

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    BMC Oral Health

  • ISSN

    1472-6831

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

    18

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    44

  • Country of publishing house

    GB - UNITED KINGDOM

  • Number of pages

    9

  • Pages from-to

  • UT code for WoS article

    000427740400001

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database

    2-s2.0-85043783577