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ArticleMedicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal2019

Associated factors with health-compromising behaviors among patients treated for oral cancer.

R Barrios-Rodríguez, J-A Gil-Montoya, J Montero, E-M Rosel, M Bravo

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Article in Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

R Barrios-RodríguezSchool of Dentistry, Campus de Cartuja s/n, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain, mbravo@ugr.es.
J-A Gil-Montoya
J Montero
E-M Rosel
M Bravo
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Granada · ESUniversidad de Granada · ESUniversidad de Salamanca · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo improve eradication strategies of health-compromising behaviors between oral cancer survivors, this study aimed to explore the extent of clustering of risk behaviors and to assess possible factors associated. MATERIAL AND

methodsA cross-sectional study was carried out among oral cancer patients at least 6 months after treatment. They completed a questionnaire about smoking, alcohol consumption, oral hygiene habits and dental visits. Presence of clusters was evaluated through pairwise Pearson correlations and principal component analysis. Factors associated with each identified cluster were analyzed with multivariate models.

resultsAmong 142 patients, 14.8% smoked, 51.7% consumed alcohol, 52.1% performed oral hygiene less than twice a day, and 74.6% visited to dentist when there was a problem or never. There were two distinct clusters: smoking-alcohol consumption (general risk behaviors cluster) and oral hygiene-dental attendance (oral risk behaviors cluster). Multivariate analysis showed significant associations between males and both clustering patterns of health compromising behaviors, patients with clinical stage I or with longer follow-up and the presence of general risk behaviors cluster and worse social class and the presence of oral risk behaviors cluster.

conclusionsA high proportion of patients treated for oral cancer presented health-compromising behaviors occurring in clusters which reinforce the need for health promotion strategies to target multiple behaviors. Factors analyzed suggest that chances of having detrimental behavioral clustering are higher in male, patients with clinical stage I, with lower social class and those with longer follow-up after treatment.

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Health Risk BehaviorsAgedCancer SurvivorsCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMouth NeoplasmsSelf ReportTime Factors

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PMCPMC6344003
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