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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-1-14
pubmed:abstractText
Previous studies suggest a discrepancy between the way dentists and patients measure oral health. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between a dentist's rating of an older dentate person's oral health and the patient self-rating using a single-item indicator, and to compare the clinical (i.e., number of teeth, caries, etc.) and subjective (problems with function, pain, etc.) factors that influence the rating. The study sample consisted of 776 older dentate people. Results showed that dentists judged subjects' oral health significantly more positively than the self-ratings. Approximately 30 percent of the elders rated their oral health identically to the dentist and half rated their oral health lower than the dentist. Bivariate comparisons showed that similar clinical and subjective variables were associated with the dentist and patient ratings. Multiple regression findings, however, highlighted differences in the factors that influenced the ratings. In addition, the proportion of variance accounted for by the clinical factors as opposed to the subjective factors was greater for the dentist rating (R2 = .28 of .33) than the subject self-rating (R2 = .18 of .43).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0022-4006
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
223-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Attitude to Health, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Chi-Square Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Cross-Sectional Studies, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Dental Care for Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Dental Health Surveys, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Dental Occlusion, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Dentists, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Esthetics, Dental, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Geriatric Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Health Services Needs and Demand, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Mastication, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Multivariate Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Oral Health, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Patients, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Periodontal Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Regression Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Self Concept, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Self-Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Socioeconomic Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Telephone, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Tooth Loss, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-United States, pubmed-meshheading:8258784-Xerostomia
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparison of oral health ratings by dentists and dentate elders.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Dentistry, UCLA 90024-1668.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't