Oral health-related quality of life and associated factors in the elderly: a population-based cross-sectional study

Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and associated factors in the elderly. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 287 elderly of Cruz Alta, Brazil. The following variables were collected: age, sex, ethnicity, level of education, marital status, retirement, medical/dental history, smoking/alcohol exposure, oral hygiene habits, use and need of dental prosthesis, missing teeth, temporomandibular disorder symptoms (TMD), nutritional status, and halitosis. OHRQoL was assessed by Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14). The sample was categorized into low impact (sum scores ≤6) and high impact (sum scores ≥7). Associations were analyzed by Poisson regression with robust variation. Mean scores of OHIP-14 was 5.92±8.54. Divorced individuals and those who did not use dental floss presented 77% and 54%, respectively, higher prevalence ratio (PR) of having higher OHRQoL impact. Elderly that did not need dental prosthesis demonstrated a lower impact on OHRQoL (P<0.01). Elderly with TMD presented a higher PR of having higher OHRQoL impact (P<0.01). It was concluded that higher impact on OHRQoL was associated with marital status, non-users of dental floss and those with TMD. No need dental prosthesis were associated with lower impact on OHRQoL.

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Is reduced dentition with and without dental prosthesis associated with oral health-related quality of life? A cross-sectional study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ◽

10.1186/s12955-019-1149-2 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Raquel Conceição Ferreira ◽

Ichiro Kawachi ◽

João Gabriel Silva Souza ◽

Fernanda Lamounier Campos ◽

Loliza Luiz Figueiredo Houri Chalub ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Oral Health ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Dental Prosthesis ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

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Impact of Caries Severity/Activity and Psychological Aspects of Caregivers on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among 5-Year-Old Children

Caries Research ◽

10.1159/000488210 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 52 (6) ◽

pp. 570-579 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ana Flávia Granville-Garcia ◽

Monalisa Cesarino Gomes ◽

Matheus França Perazzo ◽

Carolina Castro Martins ◽

Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães Abreu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Oral Health ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Statistical Adjustment ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of the severity/activity of dental caries as well as sense of coherence (SOC) and locus of control (LOC) on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among 5-year-old children. A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 769 children at schools in a city in northeast Brazil. Parents/caregivers answered validated questionnaires addressing SOC and LOC. The children and parents/caregivers answered their respective modules of the Brazilian version of the Scale of Oral Health Outcomes for 5-year-old children (SOHO-5). Data were also collected on sociodemographic characteristics, visits to the dentist, and the occurrence of toothache. Clinical examinations were performed by 2 trained examiners. A directed acyclic graph was used to select covariates for statistical adjustment, and logistic regression for complex samples was used to test associations between the dependent and independent variables (α = 5%). For parents/caregivers, the variables associated with a negative impact on OHRQoL were the occurrence of toothache (odds ratio, OR: 10.53; 95% confidence interval, CI: 6.34–17.51; p < 0.001) and a low SOC (OR: 2.17; 95% CI: 1.37–3.43; p = 0.001). According to the children’s perceptions, the following variables were associated with a negative impact on OHRQoL: toothache (OR: 3.58; 95% CI: 2.30–5.55; p < 0.001), caries activity (OR: 1.97; 95% CI: 1.07–3.62; p = 0.028), and traumatic dental injury (OR: 1.71; 95% CI: 1.15–2.53; p = 0.007). Among parents/caregivers, a low SOC led to poorer OHRQoL. For the children, however, neither psychological aspect affected OHRQoL. In the perception of both the parents/caregivers and children, toothache was the oral condition that exerted a negative impact on OHRQoL.

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