Table 1 Sociodemographic charactheristics and diagnosis related to oral health services utilization.
Users | Non-users | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Sex | ||||||
Female | 279 | 74.6 | 198 | 61.1 | 477 | 68.3 |
Male | 95 | 25.4 | 126 | 38.9 | 221 | 31.7 |
Age (years) | ||||||
60–74 | 252 | 67.4 | 209 | 64.5 | 461 | 66.0 |
75 or older | 122 | 32.6 | 115 | 35.5 | 237 | 34.0 |
Marital status | ||||||
Single/divorced/widowed | 202 | 54.0 | 154 | 47.5 | 356 | 51.0 |
Married | 172 | 46.0 | 170 | 52.5 | 342 | 49.0 |
Schooling | ||||||
≤ 6 years | 145 | 38.8 | 159 | 49.1 | 304 | 43.6 |
> 6 years | 229 | 61.2 | 165 | 50.9 | 394 | 56.4 |
Paid work | ||||||
No | 146 | 39.0 | 137 | 42.3 | 283 | 40.5 |
Yes | 228 | 61.0 | 187 | 57.7 | 415 | 59.5 |
Monthly income | ||||||
< 4,000 MP* | 168 | 73.7 | 149 | 79.7 | 317 | 76.4 |
≥ 4,000 MP | 52 | 22.8 | 28 | 15.0 | 80 | 19.3 |
Not reported | 8 | 3.5 | 10 | 5.3 | 18 | 4.3 |
Cognitive decline | ||||||
No | 287 | 76.7 | 245 | 75.6 | 532 | 76.2 |
Yes | 87 | 23.3 | 79 | 24.4 | 167 | 23.8 |
Depression | ||||||
No | 243 | 65.0 | 197 | 60.8 | 440 | 63.0 |
Yes | 131 | 35.0 | 127 | 39.2 | 258 | 37.0 |
Morbidity | ||||||
< 3 illnesses | 276 | 73.8 | 234 | 72.2 | 510 | 73.1 |
≥ 3 illnesses | 98 | 26.2 | 90 | 27.8 | 188 | 26.9 |
Medication consumption | ||||||
≤ 4 | 57 | 15.2 | 74 | 22.8 | 131 | 18.8 |
> 4 | 317 | 84.8 | 250 | 77.2 | 567 | 81.2 |
Coronal DMFT | ||||||
≤ 22 | 88 | 23.5 | 103 | 31.8 | 507 | 72.6 |
> 22 | 286 | 76.5 | 221 | 68.2 | 191 | 27.4 |
Root DFT | ||||||
≤ 2 | 264 | 70.6 | 210 | 64.8 | 474 | 67.9 |
> 2 | 110 | 29.4 | 114 | 35.2 | 224 | 32.1 |
All combined | 374 | 53.6 | 324 | 46.4 | 698 | 100 |