Self-perceived oral health among the elderly: a household-based study
Abstract Objective: to evaluate the self-perceived oral health status of elderly persons and its relation to self-care practices, the use of public oral health services, denture use, dental complaints and impact on everyday activities. Method: The 95 subjects of this quantitative, analytical and c...
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| author | Carla Manuela Rodrigues Nogueira Lucilia Maria Nunes Falcão Sharmênia de Araújo Soares Nuto Maria Vieira de Lima Saintrain Anya Pimentel Gomes Fernandes Vieira-Meyer |
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| description | Abstract Objective: to evaluate the self-perceived oral health status of elderly persons and its relation to self-care practices, the use of public oral health services, denture use, dental complaints and impact on everyday activities. Method: The 95 subjects of this quantitative, analytical and cross-sectional study were from Fortaleza, a state capital in the northeast of Brazil. They were aged 60 years or over and were mentally capacitated according to the Mini-Mental State Examination. The study parameters included gender, age group, race/ethnic background, level of schooling, household income, self-care practices, use and need for dentures, dental complaints, impact on everyday activities, access to oral health services, and access to information. The outcome parameter was self-perceived oral health. To verify the association between the study parameters and the outcome parameter, prevalence ratios were calculated and submitted to the Chi-squared test, the Fisher's exact test, the Mann-Whitney test and multivariate regression analysis. Result: self-perceived oral health was described as good/excellent significantly more often by women than by men (p=0.044). Oral health had a negative impact on everyday activities among nearly one third of the sample (n=29; 30.5%). The mean and median values of dental complaints and impact on everyday activities were significantly lower for subjects reporting good/excellent oral health than for subjects reporting poor/fair oral health. Conclusion: it is expected that these results will strengthen oral health care for elderly persons, in order to maintain their quality of life during this stage of life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a3a68d2c1004dc99cd60c6794aa7b3b2022-12-21T19:34:31ZengUniversidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) , Universidade Aberta a Terceira Idade (UnAti)Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia1981-22562017-02-0120171910.1590/1981-22562017020.160070Self-perceived oral health among the elderly: a household-based studyCarla Manuela Rodrigues NogueiraLucilia Maria Nunes FalcãoSharmênia de Araújo Soares NutoMaria Vieira de Lima SaintrainAnya Pimentel Gomes Fernandes Vieira-MeyerAbstract Objective: to evaluate the self-perceived oral health status of elderly persons and its relation to self-care practices, the use of public oral health services, denture use, dental complaints and impact on everyday activities. Method: The 95 subjects of this quantitative, analytical and cross-sectional study were from Fortaleza, a state capital in the northeast of Brazil. They were aged 60 years or over and were mentally capacitated according to the Mini-Mental State Examination. The study parameters included gender, age group, race/ethnic background, level of schooling, household income, self-care practices, use and need for dentures, dental complaints, impact on everyday activities, access to oral health services, and access to information. The outcome parameter was self-perceived oral health. To verify the association between the study parameters and the outcome parameter, prevalence ratios were calculated and submitted to the Chi-squared test, the Fisher's exact test, the Mann-Whitney test and multivariate regression analysis. Result: self-perceived oral health was described as good/excellent significantly more often by women than by men (p=0.044). Oral health had a negative impact on everyday activities among nearly one third of the sample (n=29; 30.5%). The mean and median values of dental complaints and impact on everyday activities were significantly lower for subjects reporting good/excellent oral health than for subjects reporting poor/fair oral health. Conclusion: it is expected that these results will strengthen oral health care for elderly persons, in order to maintain their quality of life during this stage of life.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1809-98232017000100007&tlng=ptSelf-perceptionOral HealthElderly. |
| spellingShingle | Carla Manuela Rodrigues Nogueira Lucilia Maria Nunes Falcão Sharmênia de Araújo Soares Nuto Maria Vieira de Lima Saintrain Anya Pimentel Gomes Fernandes Vieira-Meyer Self-perceived oral health among the elderly: a household-based study Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia Self-perception Oral Health Elderly. |
| title | Self-perceived oral health among the elderly: a household-based study |
| title_full | Self-perceived oral health among the elderly: a household-based study |
| title_fullStr | Self-perceived oral health among the elderly: a household-based study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-perceived oral health among the elderly: a household-based study |
| title_short | Self-perceived oral health among the elderly: a household-based study |
| title_sort | self perceived oral health among the elderly a household based study |
| topic | Self-perception Oral Health Elderly. |
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