ArticleBMC oral health2022
Association of marital status and access to dental care among the Japanese population: a cross-sectional study.
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Abstract
backgroundHealth disparities according to marital status have been reported worldwide. Although spouses provide an important social network that influences heath behaviors, limited studies have examined the association between marital status and access to dental care. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the association between marital status and access to dental care.
methodsA secondary analysis of the 2013 Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions in Japan which is a national survey, was performed in this study. Out of 367,766 respondents, 4111 respondents, aged over 40 years who selected oral symptoms as their most concerning subjective symptom were recruited as participants. The independent variable of interest was marital status-married or non-married (single, divorced, widowed); and the dependent variable was access to dental care. We performed Poisson regression analyses stratified by sex with adjustment for age, educational status, employment, equivalent household expenditure, and smoking habits.
resultsAmong respondents who reported oral symptoms, 3024 were married, and 1087 were non-married. Further, 29.4% and 40.4% of married and non-married men, respectively, did not receive dental treatment for their symptoms. Meanwhile, 27.5% and 25.0% of married and non-married women, respectively, did not receive dental treatment for their symptoms. The prevalence ratio for not receiving dental treatment was significantly higher among non-married men (prevalence ratio: 1.33; 95% confidence interval: 1.14-1.56) than among married men. However, no significant association was observed among women.
conclusionsNon-married men were highly unlikely to receive dental treatment than married men, while no significant association was observed among women. The results implicate the importance of implementing a public dental health policy for protecting the dental health of non-married individuals.
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