PMID- 16927735
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20061020
LR  - 20211203
IS  - 0275-1879 (Print)
IS  - 0275-1879 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 4
DP  - 2006 Jul-Aug
TI  - Predictors of oral health quality of life in older adults.
PG  - 137-44
AB  - There is limited information regarding oral health status and other predictors of 
      oral health-related quality of life. An association between oral health status 
      and perceived oral health-related quality of life (OHQOL) might help clinicians 
      motivate patients to prevent oral diseases and improve the outcome of some dental 
      public health programs. This study evaluated the relationship between older 
      persons' OHQOL and their functional dentition, caries, periodontal status, 
      chronic diseases, and some demographic characteristics. A group of 733 low-income 
      elders (mean age 72.7 [SD = 4.71, 55.6% women, 55.1% members of ethnic minority 
      groups in the U.S. and Canada) enrolled in the TEETH clinical trial were 
      interviewed and examined as part of their fifth annual visit for the trial. OHQOL 
      was measured by the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI); oral health 
      and occlusal status by clinical exams and the Eichner Index; and demographics via 
      interviews. Elders who completed the four-year assessment had an average of 21.5 
      teeth (SD = 6.9), with 8.5 occluding pairs (SD = 4.6), and 32% with occlusal 
      contacts in all four occluding zones. Stepwise multiple regressions were 
      conducted to predict total GOHAI and its subscores (Physical, Social, and Worry). 
      Functional dentition was a less significant predictor than ethnicity and being 
      foreign-born. These variables, together with gender, years since immigrating, 
      number of carious roots, and periodontal status, could predict 32% of the 
      variance in total GOHAI, 24% in Physical, 27% in Social, and 21% in the Worry 
      subscales. These findings suggest that functional dentition and caries influence 
      older adults' OHQOL, but that ethnicity and immigrant status play a larger role.
FAU - Swoboda, Jessica
AU  - Swoboda J
AD  - University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
FAU - Kiyak, H Asuman
AU  - Kiyak HA
FAU - Persson, Rigmor E
AU  - Persson RE
FAU - Persson, G Rutger
AU  - Persson GR
FAU - Yamaguchi, David K
AU  - Yamaguchi DK
FAU - MacEntee, Michael I
AU  - MacEntee MI
FAU - Wyatt, Christopher C L
AU  - Wyatt CC
LA  - eng
GR  - R01 DE12215/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Clinical Trial
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PL  - United States
TA  - Spec Care Dentist
JT  - Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of 
      Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American 
      Society for Geriatric Dentistry
JID - 8103755
MH  - Aged
MH  - Attitude to Health
MH  - Canada
MH  - Chronic Disease
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - DMF Index
MH  - Dental Occlusion
MH  - Dentition
MH  - Emigration and Immigration
MH  - Ethnicity
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Forecasting
MH  - Geriatric Assessment
MH  - Health Status
MH  - Humans
MH  - Income
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Minority Groups
MH  - *Oral Health
MH  - Periodontal Index
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - United States
EDAT- 2006/08/25 09:00
MHDA- 2006/10/21 09:00
CRDT- 2006/08/25 09:00
PHST- 2006/08/25 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/10/21 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/08/25 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2006.tb01714.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Spec Care Dentist. 2006 Jul-Aug;26(4):137-44. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1754-4505.2006.tb01714.x.