PMID- 15552345
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20041207
LR  - 20191026
IS  - 0275-1879 (Print)
IS  - 0275-1879 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 5
DP  - 2004 Sep-Oct
TI  - Dental status and oral health quality of life in economically disadvantaged 
      French adults.
PG  - 264-9
AB  - Expansion of French health insurance coverage has increased funding for dental 
      care for economically disadvantaged adults. This study aimed to measure clinical 
      and self-perceived oral health, behaviors, and use of dental services by adults 
      who were eligible for such coverage. The regional agency that gives 
      administrative services for the health insurance funds provided a sample of 900 
      adults aged 35-44 years, insured through this program. We reached 805 of these 
      adults by mail; of these 18% were surveyed and clinically examined. 
      Self-perceived oral health was measured by the Global Oral Health Assessment 
      Index (GOHAI) and participants' attitudes to dental health, by questionnaire. 
      Decayed and Missing teeth constituted 40% of the DMFT. Participants reported poor 
      oral health (63%), and 79% perceived a need for care, although they used dental 
      services infrequently and had poor knowledge of available services. Cost of care 
      and number of carious teeth were important predictors of the GOHAI.
FAU - Tubert-Jeannin, Stephanie
AU  - Tubert-Jeannin S
AD  - Department of Public Health, School of Dentistry, University of Clermont-Ferrand, 
      France. stephanie.tubert@u-clermont1.fr
FAU - Riordan, Paul J
AU  - Riordan PJ
FAU - Morel-Papernot, Annick
AU  - Morel-Papernot A
FAU - Roland, Moulin
AU  - Roland M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Spec Care Dentist
JT  - Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of 
      Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American 
      Society for Geriatric Dentistry
JID - 8103755
MH  - Adult
MH  - DMF Index
MH  - Dental Caries/*epidemiology
MH  - Dental Health Services/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - France/epidemiology
MH  - Health Behavior
MH  - Health Services Accessibility
MH  - Health Services Needs and Demand
MH  - Humans
MH  - Insurance, Dental
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Oral Health
MH  - Periodontal Diseases/*epidemiology
MH  - Poverty
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Statistics, Nonparametric
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Tooth Loss/*epidemiology
EDAT- 2004/11/24 09:00
MHDA- 2004/12/16 09:00
CRDT- 2004/11/24 09:00
PHST- 2004/11/24 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/12/16 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/11/24 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2004.tb01704.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Spec Care Dentist. 2004 Sep-Oct;24(5):264-9. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1754-4505.2004.tb01704.x.