The mediating effect of social support on the association between socioeconomic status and self-reported oral health status among the migrant elderly following children in Weifang, China: a cross-sectional study

Driven by population aging and the rapid urbanization in China, many migrant elderly following children (MEFC) moved to big cities to care for their grandchildren. The purpose of this study is to clarify the mediating effect of social support on the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) an...

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Published in:BMC oral health 2022-12, Vol.22 (1), p.619-619, Article 619
Main Authors: Pang, Mingli, Wang, Jieru, Tian, Tingting, Zhao, Jinfeng, Jiang, Xiaoxu, Li, Hexian, Kong, Fanlei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aging
Child
China - epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data collection
Geriatrics
Humans
Marx, Karl (1818-1883)
Migrant elderly following children
Older people
Oral Health
Population studies
Self Report
Self-reported oral health status
Social Class
Social interactions
Social Support
Sociodemographics
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomic status
Socioeconomics
Statistical sampling
Structural equation modeling
Transients and Migrants
Urbanization
Weber, Max (1864-1920)
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Summary:Driven by population aging and the rapid urbanization in China, many migrant elderly following children (MEFC) moved to big cities to care for their grandchildren. The purpose of this study is to clarify the mediating effect of social support on the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and self-reported oral health status among the MEFC in Weifang, China. Multistage cluster random sampling was used to select the participants and finally 613 MEFC were included in the survey. The Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS) and the Chinese version of the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) scale were used for data collection. Descriptive analysis, Rao-Scott test, t-test and structural equation modeling (SEM) were conducted in this study. Mean score of GOHAI of the MEFC was 54.95 ± 6.47. The SES of MEFC exerted positive direct effect both on social support (standardized coefficient = 0.15) and self-reported oral health status (standardized coefficient = 0.22); social support exerted positive direct effect on self-reported oral health status (standardized coefficient = 0.17). Social support partially mediated the association between SES and self-reported oral health status [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.003-0.064, P 
ISSN:1472-6831
1472-6831
DOI:10.1186/s12903-022-02649-6