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Do sociodemographic factors influence the levels of health and oral literacy?

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dc.contributor.authorVeladas, Francisco Manuel Veigas
dc.contributor.authorDe la Torre Canales, Giancarlo
dc.contributor.authorde Souza Nobre, Bryanne Brissian
dc.contributor.authorEscoval, Ana
dc.contributor.authorPedro, Ana Rita
dc.contributor.authorde Almeida, André Mariz
dc.contributor.authorAssunção, Victor Abreu
dc.contributor.authorManso, Ana Cristina
dc.contributor.institutionEscola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP)
dc.contributor.institutionComprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) - Pólo ENSP
dc.contributor.institutionCentro de Investigação em Saúde Pública (CISP/PHRC)
dc.contributor.pblBioMed Central (BMC)
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-10T00:14:42Z
dc.date.available2024-05-10T00:14:42Z
dc.date.issued2023-12
dc.descriptionFunding Information: This work is financed by national funds through the FCT—Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., under the project UIDB/04585/2020. Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s).
dc.description.abstractBackground: Oral health literacy has gained importance in dental literature, and its relationship with oral health status and association with health status (HL) has been reported. Then, an association between the levels of HL and OHL could be expected. This study aimed to assess the levels of HL and OHL according to sociodemographic factors and to explore a possible association between HL and OHL. Methods: The European Health Literacy Survey and Oral Health Literacy Adults Questionnaire were applied to a convenience sample from Portuguese individuals. Also, sociodemographic factors such as sex, age, schooling level of the participants and their parents, and if the participants were professionals or students of the health field were assessed. To analyze the data, the Kruskal–Wallis and Mann–Whitney U tests were used to compared sociodemographic variables and the levels of literacy in general and oral health. The Spearman correlation test assessed the correlation between the levels of HL and OHL. Results: HL results showed that 45.1% of the volunteers were considered in a “problematic level” and 10.3% in “excellent level”. However, 75% presented an adequate level of OHL. Regarding the levels of HL in each sociodemographic variable, significant higher levels of “excellent level” were found in health professionals and students when compared with participants not related to health area (p < 0.001). Comparisons between the levels of OHL in each sociodemographic variable showed, significant differences regarding sex (p < 0.05), age (p < 0.001), levels of schooling of the participants and their parents (p < 0.009 and p < 0.001) and relationship with health field. (p < 0.001). A significant positive – weak correlation was found between HL and OHL (p < 0.001). Conclusions: HL and OHL levels are associated and could be influenced by sociodemographic factors.en
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dc.description.versionpublished
dc.format.extent1132112
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12889-023-17489-4
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 84745033
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: a77d7f45-fb91-4a19-9944-0126ff7ceba9
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85180176456
dc.identifier.otherPubMed: 38124052
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-0269-4742/work/156081409
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 001128800500005
dc.identifier.otherPubMedCentral: PMC10731678
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/167203
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85180176456
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.subjectHealth Literacy
dc.subjectOral Health Literacy
dc.subjectSociodemographic factors
dc.subjectPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.titleDo sociodemographic factors influence the levels of health and oral literacy?en
dc.title.subtitlea cross-sectional studyen
dc.typejournal article
degois.publication.issue1
degois.publication.titleBMC Public Health
degois.publication.volume23
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccess

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