Oral Health Impact Profile: need and use of dental prostheses among Northeast Brazilian independent-living elderly

• Published in: Ciência & saude coletiva Vol. 24; no. 11; pp. 4305 - 4312
• Main Authors: Silva, Michelle Almeida, Batista, André Ulisses Dantas, Abreu, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães, Forte, Franklin Delano Soares
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva 01-11-2019; ABRASCO - Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Brazil; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dental Prosthesis - statistics & numerical data; Female; Health Policy & Services; Health risk assessment; Humans; Independent Living; Male; Men; Middle Aged; Older people; Oral Health; Oral hygiene; Pilot Projects; Poisson density functions; Prostheses; Quality of Life; Regression analysis; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Statistical analysis; Surveys and Questionnaires; Women; Brazil; Prótese dentária; Quality of Life; Oral Health; Qualidade de vida; Saúde bucal; Dental Prosthesis
• ISSN: 1413-8123; 1678-4561; 1678-4561
• DOI: 10.1590/1413-812320182411.32472017

This study aimed to explore the association between use and need of dental prostheses to the quality of life in elderly individuals in a  Referral Center for Elderly Care in the northeastern of Brazil. A cross-sectional study was developed with 199 elderlies of both sexes. Data were collected from clinical examinations (WHO criteria) and a questionnaire regarding socioeconomic status, Oral Health Impact Profile index (OHIP-14) by a single calibrated examiner with Kappa = 0.91. Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney test, Poisson regression (p<0,05). The sample consisted of 84.9% women, mean age of 70.02 (sd±6.50) years. There was an independent association between quality of life and the covariates sex and need of dental prostheses. Men showed lower values of the score (PR = 0.734, p = 0.011) than women. Individuals without normative need for dental prostheses showed lower values of OHIP-14 (PR = 0.767; p = 0.003) than those in need.