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. 2021 Nov 20;18(22):12203. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182212203

Table 8.

Assessment of sociodemographic/socioeconomic status (SDS/SES), association between SDS/SES and quantitative/qualitative oral health indicators (QnOHI/QlOHI).

Study Assessment of SDS NMI Country of Birth Association between SDS/SES and QnOHI of MI Association between SDS/SES and QlOHI of MI
Aarabi et al. 2018 [34] Non specified: face to face interview Non specified: face to face interview Logistic regression adjusted for gender, age, monthly net income, education:
OR (95% CI) were reported
Logistic regression adjusted for gender, age, monthly net income, education:
Coefficient (95% CI) were reported
Agudelo-Suárez et al. 2019 [35] Structured questionnaire [70] Based on:
Social class classification → Spanish National Classification of Occupations 2011 using neo-Weberian and neo-Marxist approaches (Domingo-Salvany et al. 2013 [71])
/ Multivariate logistic regression analyses: association between SDS/SES and OHIP-4 dimension:
  • -

    Unadjusted (crude OR)

  • Unadjusted OR by age, education, marital status, social class

  • Adjusted OR for oral health variables

Al Haboubi et al. 2013 [36] Home interview with a structured questionnaire Home interview with a structured questionnaire / Poisson regression models with robust variance:
PR (95% CI) were reported
Arora et al. 2017 [37] ADHS 2009 model [61] ADHS 2009 model [61] Logistic regression models adjusted for age, sex, education level, housing tenure, area socioeconomic deprivation quintile, area of residence Logistic regression models adjusted for age, sex, education level, housing tenure, area socioeconomic deprivation quintile, area of residence
Delgado-Angulo et al. 2018 [38] Supervised questionnaire Supervised questionnaire:
Education and the National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC) were used for SEP indicators
Negative binomial regression adjusted for ethnicity, SEP, sex, age /
Dujister et al. 2015 [39] Self-report validate questionnaire Self-report validate questionnaire / Logistic regression analysis: association of parental and family-related variables with the dental condition
Erdsiek et al. 2017 [40] Secondary analysis from the cross-sectional telephone survey “German Health Update 2010” by Robert Koch Institute [65] Secondary analysis from the cross-sectional telephone survey “German Health Update 2010” by Robert Koch Institute [65] / Multiple logistic regression models adjusted for age, gender, socioeconomic status, type of insurance
Ferrazzano et al. 2019 [41] Questionnaire ISEE certification for family’s annual income One-way ANOVA test: association between DMFT and mothers’ education level /
Freiberg et al. 2020 [56] Handwritten medical reports at Dental Department at Martin-Luther—University Halle-Wittenberg (Halle, Germany) from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015 Handwritten medical reports at Dental Department at Martin-Luther—University Halle-Wittenberg (Halle, Germany) from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015 / /
Gatou et al. 2011 [42] Schools’ archives Ministry of Economy and Finance, based on the household’s income statements of 2006 Binary logistic regression for caries prevalence adjusted for age, gender, ethnic background, residence area, area-based income:
OR (95% CI) were reportedOrdinal logistic regression for DMFT/dmft adjusted for age, gender, ethnic background, residence area, area-based income:
OR (95% CI) were reported
/
Goetz et al. 2018 [43] Questionnaire / / /
Høyvik et al. 2019 [44] Not specified Not specified Multiple linear regression for OIDP adjusted for age, gender, education level Multiple linear regression for DMFT/DT adjusted for age, gender, education level
Jacobsson et al. 2011 [45] Not specified Not specified Logistic regression for dental caries adjusted for age, gender, parents’ education level:
OR (95% CI) were reported
/
Julihn et al. 2010 [57] Swedish National Registers Education National Register (for parents’ education level)
Total Enumeration Income Register for social-welfare allowance family income
Bivariate logistic regression analysis for DMFD adjusted for age, gender, parents’ country of birth, parents’ marital status, parents’ education level, social welfare allowance income.
OR (95% CI) were reported
/
Julihn et al. 2021 [58] Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare and by Statistics Sweden (SCB) registries Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare and by Statistics Sweden (SCB) registries Binary logistic regression for deft adjusted by gender, maternal age, number of children, household income level:
OR (95% CI) were reported
/
Marcenes et al. 2013 [46] School records / Poisson regression model for dmft/percentage of children with caries, experience adjusted by gender, borough, ethnic group:
OR (95% CI) were reported
/
Mattila et al. 2016 [47] Oral interview Oral interview / /
Mustafa et al. 2020 [48] Oral interview Oral interview / /
Portero de la Cruz et al. 2020 [49] Spanish National Health Survey 2017 [68] Spanish National Health Survey 2017 [68] / Nagelkerke’s R2 for use of dental services adjusted by age, gender, size of town residence, type of household, social class:
OR (95% CI) were reported
Riatto et al. 2018 [50] Oral questionnaire proposed by the WHO [72] / Pearson correlation between oral health and children’s age /
Roxel et al. 2017 [51] School records School records Negative binomial regression model for dmft/DMFT adjusted by socioeconomic position
PR (CI 95%) were reported
Probit regression models for gingivitis plaque, periodontal health adjusted for socioeconomic position:
PR (CI 95%) were reported
/
Solyman et al. 2018 [52] Not specified Not specified Negative binomial regression model for DMFT adjusted for age, gender, education level, country for origin:
Regression coefficient (standard error) was reported
Ordered logistic regression for presence for plaque/presence of calculus adjusted for age, gender, education level, country of origin:
OR (95% CI) were reported
Multilevel mixed-effect generalized linear model for plaque/presence of calculus adjusted for age, gender, education level, country of origin:
Regression coefficient (standard error) was reported
Multivariate linear regression for dental knowledge/attitude and practice adjusted for gender, age, education level, country of origin:
Regression coefficient (standard error) was reported
Van der Tas et al. 2017 [53] Questionnaire [73] Questionnaire [73] Multinomial logistic regression model for dmft unadjusted for parents’ education level/employment status, household income, single parenting, teenage pregnancy:
OR (95% CI) were reported
/
Van Meljeen-van Lunteren et al. 2019 [54] Questionnaire [73] Questionnaire [73] / Linear regression model for OHRQoL adjusted for age, gender, family income, education level,
Wigen et al. 2010 [55] Questionnaire Questionnaire Bivariate logistic regression for dmft adjusted for parents’ education level, stratified by parents’ country of birth:
OR (95% CI) were reported
Multiple logistic regression (Nagelkerke R2) for dmft adjusted for parents’ oral health behavior/attitude for oral health:
OR (95% CI) were reported
/

CI = confidence interval.