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Lower unemployment rate vs Higher unemployment rate (low <=5% / medium >5-10% / high >10%)

Caries experience (mean DMFT) · 12-year-old children across European countries (national/regional epidemiological surveys, 2011-2022)

Mean DMFT tended to increase with unemployment rate (low 1.23, medium 2.08, high 2.38; ANOVA p<.05); descriptive country-level means only, not meta-analyzed or GRADE-rated.

3 findings from 1 review

Caries status in 12-year-old children, geographical location and socioeconomic conditions across European countries: A… 2025 All outcomes
Cross-sectional (survey data 2011-2022) · European countries categorized by World Bank unemployment rate; not meta-analyzed (descriptive means + one-way ANOVA) · Low unemployment (<=5%)
MEAN 1.23
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
Caries status in 12-year-old children, geographical location and socioeconomic conditions across European countries: A… 2025 All outcomes
Cross-sectional (survey data 2011-2022) · European countries categorized by World Bank unemployment rate; not meta-analyzed (descriptive means + one-way ANOVA) · Medium unemployment (>5-10%)
MEAN 2.08
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
Caries status in 12-year-old children, geographical location and socioeconomic conditions across European countries: A… 2025 All outcomes
Cross-sectional (survey data 2011-2022) · European countries categorized by World Bank unemployment rate; not meta-analyzed (descriptive means + one-way ANOVA) · High unemployment (>10%)
MEAN 2.38
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported

Lower unemployment rate vs Higher unemployment rate (low <=5% / medium >5-10% / high >10%)

Odds of higher caries (DMFT) category · 12-year-old children across European countries (national/regional epidemiological surveys, 2011-2022)

Unemployment rate was not independently associated with DMFT category in the adjusted model (OR 0.99, 95% CI 0.44 to 2.23); not GRADE-rated.

1 finding from 1 review

Caries status in 12-year-old children, geographical location and socioeconomic conditions across European countries: A… 2025 All outcomes
Cross-sectional (survey data 2011-2022) · European countries; ordinal logistic regression of DMFT category on socioeconomic indicators (adjusted) · Unemployment rate (ordinal logistic regression, adjusted)
OR 0.99 [0.44, 2.23]
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported

Country-level unemployment rate vs Higher vs lower unemployment-rate categories

Oral health-related quality of life · people aged 60 years and older living in the community

OHRQoL did not differ significantly across country-level unemployment-rate categories; no pooled estimate was reported in the text (ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Association between oral health-related quality of life and structural determinants of health among elderly… 2025 All outcomes
Community-dwelling older adults across 25 countries · Across unemployment-rate categories
No statistically significant difference in OHRQoL based on unemployment rate (Fig. 2c).
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported

Unemployment rate vs Not applicable

Oral health-related quality of life · people aged 60 years and older living in the community

No statistically significant difference in OHRQoL was reported by unemployment rate.

1 finding from 1 review

Association between oral health-related quality of life and structural determinants of health among elderly… 2025 All outcomes
Baseline for longitudinal studies · Community
There was no statistically significant difference in OHRQoL based on unemployment rate.
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported