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Chronic periodontitis and oral health‐related quality of life in Chinese adults: A population‐based, cross‐sectional study
Author(s) -
He Songlin,
Wei Shicheng,
Wang Jinhua,
Ji Ping
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1002/jper.16-0752
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic periodontitis , periodontitis , odds ratio , logistic regression , cross sectional study , quality of life (healthcare) , population , chinese population , odds , dentistry , environmental health , pathology , biochemistry , chemistry , nursing , genotype , gene
Background This population‐based, cross‐sectional study explored the association between chronic periodontitis and oral health‐related quality of life (OHRQoL) in Chinese adults, independently of sociodemographic factors and other common oral conditions. Methods The present study was carried out in a sample population of 480 adults aged 35 to 74 years from Chongqing municipality. A multi‐stage stratified random sampling approach was adopted to select participants. The Chinese version of the short‐form oral health impact profile (OHIP‐14) was used to assess OHRQoL. Chronic periodontitis was trichotomized into mild, moderate, and severe periodontitis. Logistic regression models were adopted to explore the association between the severity of chronic periodontitis and OHIP‐14 scores. Results After adjustment for sociodemographic factors and other common clinical conditions, participants with severe and moderate chronic periodontitis, respectively, had 1.63‐ (95% CI: 1.41 to 1.98) and 1.42‐fold (95% CI: 1.29 to 1.63) higher odds for the OHIP‐14 scores being above the median compared with participants without chronic periodontitis. However, participants with mild periodontitis did not have significantly higher odds for the OHIP‐14 scores being above the median than participants without chronic periodontitis. Certain sociodemographic variables, including higher age, lower education level, number of missing teeth, and current smoker, had negative associations with OHRQoL. Conclusions Chronic periodontitis was associated with poorer OHRQoL in Chinese adults. In addition, the impairment in OHRQoL showed a significant correlation with the severity of chronic periodontitis.