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- Title
Factors associated with poor oral health-related quality of life among non-institutionalized Brazilian older adults: Oral health and quality of life in older adults.
- Authors
Tenani, Carla Fabiana; De Checchi, Maria Helena Ribeiro; da Cunha, Inara Pereira; Mendes, Karine Laura Cortellazzi; Soares, Gustavo Hermes; Michel‐Crosato, Edgard; Jamieson, Lisa; Ju, Xiangqun; Mialhe, Fábio Luiz; Michel-Crosato, Edgard
- Abstract
<bold>Aims: </bold>To investigate the factors associated with poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in a sample of Brazilian older adults.<bold>Methods and Results: </bold>A cross-sectional study was conducted with 535 non-institutionalized elders aged 60 years or older from Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. OHRQoL was measured using the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI). Data on sociodemographic characteristics, self-perceived general health status, and health-related behaviors were obtained through a structured questionnaire. Data on chronic diseases were obtained from health records. Associations between exploratory factors and low OHRQoL (% GOHAI score <30) were evaluated using multivariate Poisson regression models to estimate adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs) and confidence intervals. The mean OHRQoL score was 30 (± 4.4). In bivariate analysis, being not married, smoking, and self-rated "fair/poor" general health status were associated with lower OHRQoL. In the adjusted model, self-rated "fair/poor" general health (PR: 1.25; 95% CI: 1.05-1.48), presence of chronic diseases (PR: 1.88; 95% CI: 1.37-2.58), smoking (PR: 1.25; 95% CI: 1.02-1.53), and reason for last dental appointment (PR: 1.34; 95% CI: 1.13-1.59) were associated with poor OHRQoL.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Non-institutionalized older adults with a history of chronic diseases, who smoke, have a negative perception of their general health, and had the last dental appointment motivated by pain present significantly higher prevalence rates of poor OHRQoL.
- Subjects
SAO Paulo (Brazil); QUALITY of life; OLDER people; ORAL health; BIVARIATE analysis; POISSON regression
- Publication
Special Care in Dentistry, 2021, Vol 41, Issue 3, p391
- ISSN
0275-1879
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/scd.12582