Social support associated with restorative treatment, professionally applied fluoride and flossing: A cross-sectional analysis including recent immigrants from Central America and Mexico in the Midwest USA.
Social support associated with restorative treatment, professionally applied fluoride and flossing: A cross-sectional analysis including recent immigrants from Central America and Mexico in the Midwest USA.
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与恢复性治疗、专业使用氟化物和牙线相关的社会支持：一项横断面分析，包括来自美国中西部的中美洲和墨西哥的新移民。
DOI：
10.1111/cdoe.12912
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发表时间：
2024
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Maupomé,Gerardo
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作者：
Brooks,CarolineV;Maupomé,Gerardo
目的本研究探讨了2020年COVID-19大流行之前，墨西哥和中美洲移民的社会支持如何与最近移民中三种选定的牙科结果相关。方法使用2017-2022年VidaSana研究的基线波数据，该研究涉及墨西哥和中美洲移民的健康和社交网络生活在印第安纳州，该研究利用逻辑回归和有序逻辑回归来预测一生中氟化物的使用，一生中牙齿修复和牙线使用频率，跨水平的社会支持和墨西哥和中美洲移民之间的差异。结果来自547名受访者的数据包括在本分析中（68%为女性;平均年龄34.4岁[SD 11.2];中美洲42%;墨西哥58%）。结果表明，高水平的社会支持与墨西哥移民使用氟化物，牙齿修复和更高的牙线频率的概率增加。然而，中美洲移民的社会支持与氟化物使用的可能性降低，更不经常使用牙线，并没有显着的相关性与牙科治疗经验。什么是中美洲移民和牙齿修复之间的负相关占教育水平，从来没有去过一个dentist.ConclusionsWhile较高的社会支持与墨西哥移民的口腔健康有益的结果，在中美洲发现相反。这些研究结果强调了新移民之间的社会关系的复杂性，以及西班牙裔人口中的潜在异质性，特别是关于口腔健康的社会和行为措施。需要进一步的研究来确定产生社会支持和口腔健康结果差异的潜在机制。
ObjectivesThis study examined how Mexican and Central American immigrants' social support was associated with three selected dental outcomes among recent immigrants, prior to the 2020 COVID‐19 pandemic.MethodsUsing baseline wave data from the 2017–2022 VidaSana study about the health and social networks of Mexican and Central American immigrants living in Indiana, this study utilized logistic and ordinal logistic regression to predict lifetime fluoride use, lifetime dental restoration and flossing frequency, across levels of social support and differences between Mexican and Central American immigrants.ResultsData from 547 respondents were included in the present analysis (68% women; mean age 34.4 years [SD 11.2]; Central American 42%; Mexican 58%). Results show a high level of social support was associated with increased probability of fluoride use, dental restoration and higher flossing frequency for Mexican immigrants. However, social support for Central American immigrants was associated with a decreased likelihood of fluoride use, more infrequent flossing, and had no significant association with dental restorations experience. What would be a negative association between Central American immigrants and dental restoration was accounted for by education level and never having been to a dentist.ConclusionsWhile higher social support was linked to beneficial outcomes for oral health in Mexican immigrants, the opposite was found in Central Americans. These findings highlighted the complexities of social relationships among new immigrants, and potential heterogeneity within the Hispanic population, particularly regarding social and behavioural measures as they pertain to oral health. Further research is needed to identify the underlying mechanisms producing both differences in social support and oral health outcomes.