Sofía Ruiz-Campo , Sergio Zuniga-Jara , Karla Soria-Barreto
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Abstract
Objective
This study analyzed the relationship between demographic and socioeconomic factors with access to dental services in Spanish adults.
The 2023 Spanish Living Conditions Survey was used, with national coverage of the adult population.
Participants
27,227 households and 56,532 adults were included, of whom 48.0% were men and 52.0% were women between 18 and 85 years of age (by 2023), and an average age of 50 years.
Interventions
Not required.
Main measurements
A logistic model was estimated to analyze the determinants of the probability of consulting a dentist when needed. The main variables considered were access to dental health, income, meeting with friends and/or family, general health status, participating in leisure activities, and spending money on oneself.
Results
The results suggested that higher income, lack of social interaction, poor general health status, lack of participation in leisure activities and inability to spend money on oneself were the five main factors explaining the lack of access to dental care in Spain.
Conclusions
The results allow to conclude that access to dental health in Spain is strongly influenced by socioeconomic factors, such as income, social interaction and spending capacity, suggesting a need to address these inequalities to ensure equitable access to dental care for the entire population.
期刊介绍:
Atención Primaria es una revista que publica trabajos de investigación relativos al ámbito de la atención primaria de salud. Desde el punto de vista conceptual, Atención Primaria asume el nuevo modelo de atención primaria de salud, orientado no sólo a la curación de la enfermedad, sino también a su prevención y a la promoción de la salud, tanto en el plano individual como en el de la familia y la comunidad. En estos nuevos aspectos que definen el modelo de atención primaria de salud es en los que se centran los trabajos de investigación que publica Atención Primaria, la primera revista de originales española creada para recoger y difundir la producción científica realizada desde los centros de atención primaria de salud sobre cuestiones como protocolización de la asistencia, programas de prevención, seguimiento y control de pacientes crónicos, organización y gestión de la asistencia primaria, entre otros.