Oral health status of the disabled compared with that of the non-disabled in Korea: A propensity score matching analysis

There are many types of disabilities, and each type has a variety related to socioeconomic factors. Such factors affect to many health problems of the disabled. However, surveys of the oral health status of the disabled in Korea are rare. The purpose of this study was to estimate oral health dispari...

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Published in:PloS one 2019-01, Vol.14 (1), p.e0208246-e0208246
Main Authors: Lee, Jae-Young, Lim, Kyung-Cheol, Kim, So-Yun, Paik, Hye-Ran, Kim, Young-Jae, Jin, Bo-Hyoung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Distribution
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Care and treatment
Dental caries
Dental Caries - epidemiology
Dental insurance
Dentistry
Dentists
Disabilities
Disabled people
Disabled persons
Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data
Female
Health
Health aspects
Health problems
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Matching
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mouth, Edentulous - epidemiology
Multivariate Analysis
Oral Health
People and Places
People with disabilities
Periodontitis
Polls & surveys
Propensity Score
Republic of Korea - epidemiology
Risk Factors
Social factors
Social Sciences
Socio-economic aspects
Socioeconomic data
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Statistical analysis
Suburban areas
Surveys
Teeth
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Summary:There are many types of disabilities, and each type has a variety related to socioeconomic factors. Such factors affect to many health problems of the disabled. However, surveys of the oral health status of the disabled in Korea are rare. The purpose of this study was to estimate oral health disparity through comparing oral health status of the disabled to the non-disabled, adjusted for the net effect of the disability on oral health status. A cross-sectional study was conducted among the disabled in urban and suburban areas in Korea from June to September 2016. People with physical, mental, and multiple disabilities took part in this survey. The clinical examinations were carried out by trained dentists. Statistical analysis was performed to quantify the association between oral health and socioeconomic status after restricting the analysis using a propensity score matching method. The disabled had more DMFT, DT, and MT, fewer FT, and fewer teeth than the non-disabled based on entire groups (P
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0208246