Relationship between rates of attending religious services and oral health in Brazilian adolescents.
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol
; 42(5): 420-7, 2014 Oct.
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OBJECTIVES: To determine whether there is a relationship between rates of attending religious services and oral health and oral health-related behaviors in Brazilian adolescents. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out using clinical examinations and self-applied questionnaires. Sample was 664 15-year-old schoolchildren from public and private schools in the city of Goiânia-GO, Middle-West Brazil. Dependent variables were dental caries (DMFT and DMFS), periodontal condition (Plaque Index and bleeding on probing), perceived importance given to the care of the teeth and oral health-related behaviors (sugar consumption, oral hygiene and pattern of dental attendance). Independent explanatory variable was frequency of attending religious services. Poisson log-linear regressions were used for statistical analysis of the data. RESULTS: Oral health status was not associated with attending religious services. Attending religious services was positively associated with oral health behaviors such as pattern of dental attendance for dental checkups and to the importance given to the care of the teeth. These associations remained statistically significant after controlling for sex and social class (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Adolescents' frequency of attending religious services is not associated with their oral health status but is positively related to pattern of dental attendance and perceived importance of care of their teeth.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Religião
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Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde
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Saúde Bucal
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Dinamarca