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Published in: BMC Oral Health 1/2022

Open Access 01-12-2022 | Research

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

Authors: Mingli Pang, Jieru Wang, Tingting Tian, Jinfeng Zhao, Xiaoxu Jiang, Hexian Li, Fanlei Kong

Published in: BMC Oral Health | Issue 1/2022

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Abstract

Background

Driven 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.

Methods

Multistage 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.

Results

Mean 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.

Conclusions

Higher 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.
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Metadata
Title
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
Authors
Mingli Pang
Jieru Wang
Tingting Tian
Jinfeng Zhao
Xiaoxu Jiang
Hexian Li
Fanlei Kong
Publication date
01-12-2022
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Oral Health / Issue 1/2022
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6831
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-022-02649-6

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