title: Factors influencing perceived oral health of Japanese middle-aged adults.
abstract: The objective of this study was to analyze the relationships between subjective oral health symptoms and clinical oral health conditions on the perceived oral health of 1799 Japanese middle-aged adults. A self-administered questionnaire together with dental examinations was administered. A structural equation modeling analysis with Bayesian estimation was used to examine the factors influencing perceived oral health as a latent variable with 4 other latent variables: subjective oral health symptoms, clinical tooth conditions, clinical periodontal conditions, and other clinical oral conditions. For perceived oral health as the endogenous variable, only subjective oral health symptoms and clinical tooth conditions showed significant relationship. Clinical periodontal conditions and other clinical oral conditions did not show significant effects on the perceived oral health.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan ueno.ohp@tmd.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zaitsu
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohara
authors.affiliation: Centre for Oral Health Strategy, NSW Health, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Clive
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D003729:Dental Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009909:Oral Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D010465:Perception