Abstract
Background
The Self-Rated Oral Health (SROH) is an important subjective variable associated with the demand for dental services and determined by several factors.
Objective
The objective of this work was to investigate associations between SROH, Oral Health Literacy (OHL) and covariates in Primary Care users.
Method
The sample consisted of 366 adults and elderly living in territories assigned to a Family Health team unit in the municipality of Piracicaba who sought dental treatment in 2019 and who agreed to participate in the research. The Health Literacy in Dentistry instrument (HeLD-14) was applied to assess OHL, as well as a questionnaire to investigate sociodemographic and SROH characteristics. In addition, clinical dental examinations were performed. Simple and multiple logistic regression analyzes were performed to assess the level of association between the SROH variable and the predictor variables.
Results
Patients with lower OHL score, worse Self-Rated Health and with more than one missing tooth had, respectively, 2.73 (95% CI: 1.62-4.61), 14.24 (95% CI: 7.41-27.38) and 2.93 (95% CI: 1.76-4.89) times more likely to have worse SROH (p <0.05).
Conclusion
The SROH is a construct associated with several non-clinical variables, including OHL.
Keywords:
self-rated health; health literacy; oral health
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