Components of self-reported oral health and general health in racial and ethnic groups
Components of self-reported oral health and general health in racial and ethnic groups
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1752-7325.1998.tb03013.x
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发表时间：
1998-09-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Gift, HC
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作者：
Atchison, KA;Der-Martirosian, C;Gift, HC
目的：本研究的目的是调查一般口腔健康评估指数（GOHAI）的有效性，自我报告的口腔健康措施，当使用在所有年龄段的西班牙裔和非洲裔美国人的成人样本。方法：研究组是506名弱势的西班牙裔和非洲裔美国成年人，他们是在低成本的医疗和牙科诊所招募的。为了探讨有效性的GOHAI在所有年龄，种族多样性的样本，主成分和主因子分析进行了12个项目的GOHAI和14个项目构成的MOS的身体/社会和心理健康的组成部分。结果如下：四个因素占40%的胎儿健康的MOS和GOHAI项目测量的方差：一般健康，身体/担心口腔健康，心理健康和社会口腔健康。社会经济变量和每个分量表之间的关联被发现是显着的，除了身体/担心口腔健康分量表。结论：本研究证实，GOHAI在年轻和种族多样的样本中使用时是有效的。研究结果还强调，口腔健康与一般健康不同，使用通用的自我报告健康措施可能会错过对牙科保健专业人员有价值的口腔健康的重要方面。
Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the validity of the General Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI), a self-reported oral health measure, when used in an all-age adult sample of Hispanics and African-Americans. Methods: The study groups were 506 disadvantaged Hispanic and African-American adults who were recruited at low-cost medical and dental clinics. To explore the validity of the GOHAI in an all-age, ethnically diverse sample, principal component and principal factor analyses were conducted on the 12 items of the GOHAI and the 14 items constituting the MOS physical/social and mental health components. Results: Four factors accounted for 40 percent of the fetal variance of health as measured by the MOS and GOHAI items: general health, physical/worry oral health, mental health, and social oral health. An association between socioeconomic variables and each subscale was found to be significant except for the physical/worry oral health subscale. Conclusions: This study confirms that the GOHAI is valid when used in younger and ethnically diverse samples. The findings also emphasize that oral health is distinct from general health and that the use of generic self-reported measures of health may miss important aspects of oral health that are valuable for dental health professionals.