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Factors predicting different times for brushing teeth during the day: multilevel analyses

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العنوان: Factors predicting different times for brushing teeth during the day: multilevel analyses
المؤلفون: Hwa-Young Lee, Nam-Hee Kim, Jin-Young Jeong, Sun-Jung Shin, Hee-Jung Park, Ichiro Kawachi
المصدر: BMC Oral Health, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2023)
بيانات النشر: BMC, 2023.
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: LCC:Dentistry
مصطلحات موضوعية: Toothbrushing, Health behavior, Oral health, Multilevel modeling, Dentistry, RK1-715
الوصف: Abstract Background The most effective and simple intervention for preventing oral disease is toothbrushing. However, there is substantial variation in the timing of brushing teeth during the day. We aimed to identify a comprehensive set of predictors of toothbrushing after lunch and after dinner and estimated contextual (i.e., geographic) variation in brushing behavior at different times of the day. Methods We constructed a conceptual framework for toothbrushing by reviewing health behavior models. The main data source was the 2017 Community Health Survey. We performed a four-level random intercept logistic regression to predict toothbrushing behavior. (individual, household, Gi/Gun/Gu, and Si/Do). Results Individuals under 30 years of age had higher likelihood of brushing after lunch, while brushing after dinner was higher among those aged 40–79 years. People engaged in service/sales, agriculture/fishing/labor/mechanics, as well as student/housewife/unemployed were 0.60, 0.41, and 0.49 times less likely to brush their teeth after lunch, respectively, compared to those working in the office, but the gap narrowed to 0.97, 0.96, 0.94 for brushing after dinner. We also found significant area-level variations in the timing of brushing. Conclusions Different patterns in association with various factors at individual-, household- and Si/Gun/Gu-levels with toothbrushing after lunch versus toothbrushing after dinner suggests a need for tailored interventions to improve toothbrushing behavior depending on the time of day.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1472-6831
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6831
DOI: 10.1186/s12903-023-03555-1
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/9cffa2d18fd64403be8138c7d5e2bcd5
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.9cffa2d18fd64403be8138c7d5e2bcd5
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:14726831
DOI:10.1186/s12903-023-03555-1