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- Title
Relationship of number of remaining teeth to health-related quality of life in community-dwelling elderly.
- Authors
Akifusa, S.; Soh, I.; Ansai, T.; Hamasaki, T.; Takata, Y.; Yohida, A.; Fukuhara, M; Sonoki, K.; Takehara, T.
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between number of remaining teeth and health-related quality of life in community-dwelling elderly.<bold>Subjects: </bold>A total of 207 participants who were community-dwelling, 85 years of age. Data were from a population-based study of age-related general and oral health in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.<bold>Measurements: </bold>The Japanese version of the Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36).<bold>Results: </bold>The mental component score for the participants, from the SF-36, was higher than the Japanese national norm for those aged > or = 70 years. There were no significant differences in the mean of any scores on the SF-36 by having spouse, living with family, or education level. The mean of the SF-36 scores of physical functioning (PF) and of the physical component scores were significantly higher in the 85-year-old participants with > or = 20 teeth than in those with < or = 19 teeth (p < 0.05 and p < 0.01 respectively). In addition, a significant difference (p < 0.05) was observed between the mean of participants with > or = 20 teeth and those with < or = 19 teeth after adjustment for region where the participant lived, activities of daily living (ADL), and sex. The PF (p < 0.001), role-physical (p < 0.005), bodily pain (p < 0.001), vitality (p < 0.001), social functioning (p < 0.05), and physical component (p < 0.001) scores were significantly higher in participants with a good activities of daily living (ADL) assessment. However, ADL was not associated with the number of teeth.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The findings of the present study indicated that 85-year-old participants with > or = 20 teeth had better subjective physical health than those with < or = 19 teeth.
- Subjects
JAPAN; GERIATRIC dentistry; QUALITY of life; TEETH; HEALTH of older people
- Publication
Gerodontology, 2005, Vol 22, Issue 2, p91
- ISSN
0734-0664
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1741-2358.2005.00059.x