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Analysis of clinical, demographic, socioeconomic, and psychosocial determinants of quality of life of persons with intellectual disability: a cross‐sectional Study
Author(s) -
Alves Nayara Silva,
Gavina Victor Pinheiro,
Cortellazzi Karine Laura,
Antunes Lívia Azeredo Alves,
Silveira Flávia Maia,
Assaf Andréa Videira
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/scd.12196
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , quality of life (healthcare) , socioeconomic status , cross sectional study , oral health , bivariate analysis , multivariate analysis , gerontology , dentistry , environmental health , population , psychiatry , nursing , statistics , mathematics , pathology
Aims To evaluate the perception of parents about the impact of oral problems in their children, and of demographic, socioeconomic and psychosocial factors on the oral health‐related quality of life (OHRQoL) of Brazilian adolescents and young adults with intellectual disability (ID), in 2014. Methods The sample consisted of 119 individuals. Data collection was performed in stages: calibration and pilot study; Application of questionnaires; Exam of caries, periodontal and need for dental prostheses, in accordance with the World Health Organization criteria. The data were subjected to both bivariate and multivariate analyses to test the association of independent variables with the dependent variable (QoL). Results Worse QoL was associated with the presence of periodontal pocket ( p = 0.03; OR = 2.50; 95% CI 1.06 to 5.90), treatment need ( p = 0.01; OR = 5.00; 95% CI 1.37 to 18.31), and need for dental prostheses ( p = 0.03; OR = 2.89; 95% CI 1.13 to 7.37). Conclusion It was concluded that clinical determinants had the greatest influence on OHRQoL of individuals with ID.