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Associations between oral disorders and the quality of life of older adults in B razil
Author(s) -
Barros Lima Martins Andréa Maria Eleutério,
Nascimento Jairo Evangelista,
Souza João Gabriel Silva,
Sales Marinilza Mota,
Jones Kimberly Marie,
Ferreira e Ferreira Efigênia
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
geriatrics and gerontology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1447-0594
pISSN - 1444-1586
DOI - 10.1111/ggi.12489
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , quality of life (healthcare) , confidence interval , logistic regression , oral health , descriptive statistics , gerontology , cross sectional study , univariate analysis , demography , multivariate analysis , dentistry , statistics , nursing , mathematics , pathology , sociology
Aim To evaluate the effect of oral disorders on the quality of life of older adults. Methods A cross‐sectional study of older adults (aged ≥60 years) who reside in a small Brazilian city was carried out. Trained and calibrated academics and dentists collected the data. The analyses carried out were descriptive, univariate and multiple through logistic regression using pasw Statistics 18.0 software. Results A total of 351 older adults were included in the study. The majority of older adults did not express impacts as a result of oral disorders. The physical domain of quality of life was compromises more in older adults who had physical incapacities related to oral health (odds ratio 3.62, 95% confidence interval 1.34–9.73). Conclusion In general, among the older adults evaluated, it was found that both the overall score and the individual scores for the four domains of quality of life were influenced by one of the seven domains of the impacts of oral disorders. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2016; 16: 446‐457.