Table 3.
General and oral health status and care-seeking attitudes and their associations with oral health literacy
| SD, standard deviation | GROHL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | col. % | mean (SD) | P* | |
| Entire sample | 282 | 100 | 11.5 (4.0) | |
| General health status | 0.3 | |||
| Excellent | 31 | 11 | 12.3 (4.3) | |
| Very good | 140 | 50 | 11.3 (3.7) | |
| Good | 85 | 30 | 11.2 (4.1) | |
| Fair-poor | 25 | 9 | 12.5 (4.3) | |
| Oral health status | 0.6 | |||
| Excellent | 8 | 3 | 12.0 (3.5) | |
| Very good | 60 | 21 | 12.0 (3.4) | |
| Good | 126 | 45 | 11.2 (4.0) | |
| Fair-poor | 88 | 31 | 11.4 (4.3) | |
| Last dental visit timing | 0.05 | |||
| < 12 months ago | 186 | 66 | 11.8 (3.7) | |
| 12–23 months ago | 63 | 22 | 11.5 (4.2) | |
| 2–5 years ago | 22 | 8 | 9.6 (4.1) | |
| > 5 years go | 6 | 2 | 9.7 (5.3) | |
| don’t remember | 5 | 2 | ||
| Last dental visit reason | 0.8 | |||
| routine | 168 | 60 | 11.5 (3.9) | |
| restorative | 64 | 23 | 11.2 (4.0) | |
| problem/pain | 49 | 17 | 11.5 (4.2) | |
| don’t remember | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frequency of dental visits | 0.05 | |||
| every 6 months | 74 | 26 | 12.4 (3.7) | |
| every year | 118 | 42 | 11.6 (3.6) | |
| every 1–2 years | 40 | 14 | 11.0 (4.1) | |
| Only when there is a problem | 45 | 16 | 10.5 (4.6) | |
| don’t remember | 5 | 2 | ||
*derived from analyses of variance (ANOVA)