The mediating effect of social support on the association between socioeconomic status and self-reported oral health status among the migrant elderly following children in Weifang, China: a cross-sectional study

BMC Oral Health

Research

Jieru Wang¹  Hexian Li¹  Xiaoxu Jiang¹  Tingting Tian¹  Fanlei Kong¹  Mingli Pang¹  Jinfeng Zhao¹ 

[1] Centre for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 250012, Jinan, China;NHC Key Lab of Health Economics and Policy Research, Shandong University, 250012, Jinan, China;

关键词: Self-reported oral health status;    Social support;    Socioeconomic status;    Migrant elderly following children;    Structural equation modeling;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12903-022-02649-6

 received in 2022-04-27, accepted in 2022-12-06,  发布年份 2022

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundDriven by population aging and the rapid urbanization in China, many migrant elderly following children (MEFC) moved to big cities to care for their grandchildren. The purpose of this study is to clarify the mediating effect of social support on the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and self-reported oral health status among the MEFC in Weifang, China.MethodsMultistage cluster random sampling was used to select the participants and finally 613 MEFC were included in the survey. The Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS) and the Chinese version of the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) scale were used for data collection. Descriptive analysis, Rao-Scott test, t-test and structural equation modeling (SEM) were conducted in this study.ResultsMean score of GOHAI of the MEFC was 54.95 ± 6.47. The SES of MEFC exerted positive direct effect both on social support (standardized coefficient = 0.15) and self-reported oral health status (standardized coefficient = 0.22); social support exerted positive direct effect on self-reported oral health status (standardized coefficient = 0.17). Social support partially mediated the association between SES and self-reported oral health status[95% confidence interval (CI) 0.003–0.064, P < 0.05], and the mediating effect of social support accounted for 12.0% of the total effect.ConclusionsHigher GOHAI score of MEFC indicated their better self-reported oral health status. MEFCs’ SES could exert positive effect both on social support and self-reported oral health status, while the mediating effect of social support between SES and self-reported oral health status of MEFC was established.

【 授权许可】

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