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Gender-Stratified Models to Examine the Relationship Between Financial Hardship and Self-Reported Oral Health for Older US Men and Women.
- Source :
- American Journal of Public Health; Aug2013, Vol. 103 Issue 8, p1507-1515, 9p, 1 Diagram, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Objectives. We evaluated the relationship between financial hardship and self-reported oral health for older men and women. Methods. We focused on adults in the 2008 Health and Retirement Study (n = 1359). The predictor variables were 4 financial hardship indicators. We used Poisson regression models to estimate the prevalence ratio of poor self-reported oral health. Results. In the non-gender-stratified model, number of financial hardships was not significantly associated with self-reported oral health. Food insecurity was associated with a 12% greater prevalence of poor self-reported oral health (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.04, 1.21). In the gender-stratified models, women with 3 or more financial hardships had a 24% greater prevalence of poor self-reported oral health than women with zero (95% CI = 1.09, 1.40). Number of hardships was not associated with self-reported oral health for men. For men, skipping medications was associated with 50% lower prevalence of poor self-reported oral health (95% CI = 0.32, 0.76). Conclusions. Number of financial hardships was differentially associated with self-reported oral health for older men and women. Most financial hardship indicators affected both genders similarly. Future interventions to improve vulnerable older adults' oral health should account for gender-based heterogeneity in financial hardship experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SURVEYS
CHI-squared test
COMPARATIVE studies
CONFIDENCE intervals
DRUGS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
HEALTH services accessibility
INCOME
ORAL hygiene
PATIENT compliance
POISSON distribution
RESEARCH funding
SELF-evaluation
SEX distribution
STATISTICS
DATA analysis
SECONDARY analysis
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
HEALTH equity
PREDICTIVE validity
DISEASE prevalence
FOOD security
STATISTICAL models
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00900036
- Volume :
- 103
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 88958618
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2012.301145