Table 1.
Distal factors associated with high dental caries in adults, Brazil, 2010.
| Distal factors | Cases (DMFT ≥ 14) n = 180 (%) |
Controls (DMFT < 14) n = 180 (%) |
Unadjusted odds ratio (95% CI) |
Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health system and oral health services | |||||
| Satisfaction with access to services * | |||||
| Yes | 69 (38.5) | 72 (40.2) | 1 | ||
| No | 110 (61.5) | 107 (59.8) | 0.9 (0.6–1.4) | ||
| Type of dental service used most * | |||||
| Private/supplementary | 138 (77.1) | 116 (66.3) | 1.7 (1.1–2.7) | 2.3 (1.2–4.3) | |
| Public | 41 (22.9) | 59 (33.7) | 1 | 1 | |
| Problem scheduling an appointment * | |||||
| Yes | 31 (22.8) | 43 (30.7) | 1 | ||
| No | 105 (77.2) | 97 (69.3) | 1.5 (0.9–2.6) | ||
| Socio-cultural determinants | |||||
| Monthly household income | 86 (47.8) | 110 (61.1) | 1 | 1 | |
| >R$1,020 or US$600 | 94 (52.2) | 70 (38.9) | 1.7 (1.1–2.6) | 2.2 (1.3–3.9) | |
| ≤R$1,020 or US$600 | |||||
| Schooling * | |||||
| Literate | 176 (98.9) | 172 (95.6) | 1 | ||
| Illiterate | 2 (1.1) | 8 (4.4) | 0.2 (0.1–1.2) | ||
| Social support network | |||||
| Participation in groups | |||||
| Yes | 41 (22.8) | 36 (20.0) | 1 | ||
| No | 139 (77.2) | 144 (80.0) | 0.9 (0.5–1.4) | ||
| Willing to dedicate time to community activities * | |||||
| Yes | 156 (88.1) | 166 (92.7) | 1 | ||
| No | 21 (11.9) | 13 (7.3) | 1.7 (0.8–3.6) | ||
| Participation in neighborhood meetings * | |||||
| Yes | 32 (17.8) | 36 (20.1) | 1 | ||
| No | 148 (82.2) | 143 (79.9) | 1.2 (0.7–2.0) | ||
| Have persons willing to assist financially | |||||
| Yes | 112 (62.2) | 114 (63.3) | 1 | ||
| No | 68 (37.8) | 66 (36.7) | 1.1 (0.7–1.6) | ||
| Feel safe at home * | |||||
| Yes | 64 (35.8) | 62 (34.4) | 1 | ||
| No | 115 (64.2) | 118 (65.6) | 0.9 (0.6–1.5) | ||
| Neighborhood petitioned the authorities in previous year * | |||||
| Yes | 66 (39.5) | 94 (53.7) | 1 | 1 | |
| No | 101 (60.5) | 81 (46.3) | 1.8 (1.2–2.7) | 2.1 (1.2–3.6) | |
| Empowerment | |||||
| Yes | 128 (71.1) | 143 (79.4) | 1 | ||
| No | 52 (28.9) | 37 (20.6) | 1.6 (1.0–2.6) | ||
* Presence of missing data. The SPSS default was used to deal with missing data: a case that has a user-missing value for any variable named is omitted from the computation of the analyses.