Factors associated with regular dental attendance by aged adults: A systematic review
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Liang, Phoebe
Tan, Alan Jia-Ming
Tran, Daniel Hien Gia
He, Antonio Menglong
Je, Heidi
Kroon, Jeroen
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Objectives: To determine factors influencing regular dental attendance in aged adults 65 and over according to Andersen's Behavioural Model. Background: Regular attendance for dental visits is vital to improve and maintain oral health, quality of life and general well-being. Aged adults 65 years and older experience barriers to regular dental attendance, which in turn leads to an increased risk for oral diseases. Materials and Methods: An electronic search was undertaken in April 2021 in Cochrane, Embase, Medline, Cinahl, Dentistry & Oral Science Source via EBSCOhost and Embase for papers on factors influencing the frequency of attendance by older people. Risk of bias was assessed according to the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for cohort and case–control studies, and with modified version of this tool for cross-sectional studies. Frequency effect size was calculated for factors described in Andersen's Behavioural Model (predisposing, enabling and needs-related). Results: Twenty-one studies were eligible for inclusion. Factors frequently investigated affecting regular dental attendance included: age, gender, education (predisposing); income, and social support (enabling); and remaining teeth, pain, perceived health (needs-related). Income was the only factors with a 100% positive association with regular dental attendance. Conclusions: This systematic review confirms the complex interconnectedness of several factors and dental attendance in older adults. A number of factors were identified which warrant further investigation to improve access to dental care to socio-economically vulnerable older populations.
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Gerodontology
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© 2022 The Authors. Gerodontology published by Gerodontology Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Dentistry
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Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Geriatrics & Gerontology
aged adults
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Tu, RY; Liang, P; Tan, AJ-M; Tran, DHG; He, AM; Je, H; Kroon, J, Factors associated with regular dental attendance by aged adults: A systematic review, Gerodontology, 2022