Contextual and individual inequalities in dental pain prevalence among Brazilian adults and elders
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO |
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14/10/2013
14/10/2013
2012
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This study aimed to assess the prevalence of dental pain among adults and older people living in Brazil's State capitals. Information was gathered from the Telephone Survey Surveillance System for Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases (VIGITEL) in 2009 (n = 54,367). Dental pain was the outcome. Geographic region, age, gender, race, schooling, private health coverage, smoking, and soft drink consumption were the explanatory variables. Multilevel Poisson regression models were performed. Prevalence of dental pain was 15.2%; Macapa and Sao Luis had prevalence rates greater than 20%; all capitals in the South and Southeast, plus Cuiaba, Campo Grande, Maceio, Recife, and Natal had prevalence rates less than 15%. Factors associated with increased prevalence of dental pain were the North and Northeast regions, female gender, black/brown skin color, lack of private health insurance, smoking, and soft drink consumption. Dental pain is a public health problem that should be monitored by health surveillance systems. |
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CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA, RIO DE JANIERO, v. 28, suppl., pp. S114-S123, JAN, 2012 0102-311X http://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/34499 10.1590/S0102-311X2012001300012 |
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CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA RIO DE JANIERO |
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CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA |
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Palavras-Chave | #TOOTHACHE #HEALTH SURVEYS #DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS #ORAL HEALTH #TOOTHACHE PREVALENCE #OROFACIAL PAIN #ORAL PAIN #RISK #ADOLESCENTS #HEALTH #IMPACT #AGE #PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH |
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