OBJECTIVES: To assess the impact of oral health on quality of life in elderly Brazilians and to evaluate its association with clinical oral health measures and socioeconomic and general health factors. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Population-based cohort study on health, well-being, and aging. PARTICIPANTS: Eight hundred fifty-seven participants representing 588,384 community-dwelling elderly adults from the city of São Paulo, Brazil. MEASUREMENTS: Self-perceived impact of oral health on quality of life was measured using the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI), with scores categorized as good, moderate, or poor, indicating low, moderate, and high degrees of negative impact on quality of life, respectively. RESULTS: Nearly half of the individuals had good GOHAI scores (44.7% of overall sample, 45.9% of dentate participants, and 43.4% of edentulous participants). In the overall sample, those with poor self-rated general health and a need for dental prostheses were more likely to have poor and moderate GOHAI scores. Individuals with depression were significantly more likely to have poor GOHAI scores. No socioeconomic variables were related to the outcome, except self-perception of sufficient income, which was a protective factor against a poor GOHAI score in dentate participants. CONCLUSION: Moderate and high degrees of negative impact of oral health on quality of life were associated with general health and clinical oral health measures, independent of socioeconomic factors.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the impact of oral health on quality of life in elderly Brazilians and to evaluate its association with clinical oral health measures and socioeconomic and general health factors. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Population-based cohort study on health, well-being, and aging. PARTICIPANTS: Eight hundred fifty-seven participants representing 588,384 community-dwelling elderly adults from the city of São Paulo, Brazil. MEASUREMENTS: Self-perceived impact of oral health on quality of life was measured using the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI), with scores categorized as good, moderate, or poor, indicating low, moderate, and high degrees of negative impact on quality of life, respectively. RESULTS: Nearly half of the individuals had good GOHAI scores (44.7% of overall sample, 45.9% of dentate participants, and 43.4% of edentulous participants). In the overall sample, those with poor self-rated general health and a need for dental prostheses were more likely to have poor and moderate GOHAI scores. Individuals with depression were significantly more likely to have poor GOHAI scores. No socioeconomic variables were related to the outcome, except self-perception of sufficient income, which was a protective factor against a poor GOHAI score in dentate participants. CONCLUSION: Moderate and high degrees of negative impact of oral health on quality of life were associated with general health and clinical oral health measures, independent of socioeconomic factors.
Authors: Fabiana de Lima Vazquez; Karine Laura Cortellazzi; Armando Koichiro Kaieda; Luciane Miranda Guerra; Glaucia Maria Bovi Ambrosano; Elaine Pereira da Silva Tagliaferro; Fábio Luiz Mialhe; Marcelo de Castro Meneghim; Antonio Carlos Pereira Journal: Qual Life Res Date: 2014-08-31 Impact factor: 4.147
Authors: Celia F Hybels; Joan M Bennett; Lawrence R Landerman; Jersey Liang; Brenda L Plassman; Bei Wu Journal: Int J Geriatr Psychiatry Date: 2015-05-11 Impact factor: 3.485
Authors: Maria Augusta Bessa Rebelo; Evangeline Maria Cardoso; Peter G Robinson; Mario Vianna Vettore Journal: Qual Life Res Date: 2015-12-26 Impact factor: 4.147