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Health Literacy Associations with Periodontal Disease among Slovak Adults

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15260%2F20%3A73603429" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15260/20:73603429 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Result on the web

    <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/6/2152/htm" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/6/2152/htm</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17062152" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph17062152</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Health Literacy Associations with Periodontal Disease among Slovak Adults

  • Original language description

    Periodontal disease is inflammation of the gums and without good oral hygiene, it can progress to periodontitis. Oral hygiene might be related to a patient&apos;s health literacy (HL), defined as ability to gain access, understand, and use information to promote and maintain good health. The aim of our study is to examine the associations of HL with indicators of periodontal disease. A cross-sectional study on 1117 adults (36.2% males; mean age = 36.4, SD = 14.2) attending dental hygiene treatment was conducted. Data on demographics, socioeconomic status, and nine domains of HL (Health Literacy Questionnaire, HLQ) were collected by questionnaire, and Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN) was established by the dental hygienist. Data were analysed using t-tests and logistic regression. Respondents with periodontal disease (N = 152) had statistically significantly lower levels of HL in seven out of nine HLQ domains compared to intact patients (N = 818) (t from 3.03 to 4.75, p &lt; 0.01). Association of higher HL in seven domains with lower chance of diagnosed periodontal disease remain significant even after adjustment for age, gender and educational attainment (adjusted ORs 0.55-0.67, p &lt; 0.05). Our findings confirm that an individual&apos;s lower HL is significantly associated with higher chance of periodontal disease incidence, specifically among Slovak adults attending oral hygiene clinics. HL might be a promising factor in the improvement of oral health in this population, worthy of consideration in intervention and preventive activities.

  • 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

    2020

  • Confidentiality

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

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

  • ISSN

    1661-7827

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

    17

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    6

  • Country of publishing house

    CH - SWITZERLAND

  • Number of pages

    12

  • Pages from-to

  • UT code for WoS article

    000529342300342

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database

    2-s2.0-85082726178