Longitudinal associations between oral health impacts and quality of life among a national cohort of Thai adults

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Adrian C Sleigh³  Sam-ang Seubsman²  Tewarit Somkotra¹  Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan³ 

[1] Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Patumwan, Bangkok, Thailand;School of Human Ecology, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Nonthaburi, Thailand;National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

关键词: Thailand;    Quality of life;    Cohort study;    Longitudinal analysis;    Oral health;   

Others  :  822319
DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7525-11-172

 received in 2013-03-01, accepted in 2013-10-11,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

There is limited evidence on the association between oral health and general health in middle-income countries. This study analysed data from 60,569 adult students enrolled at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University and residing throughout Thailand who reported oral health impacts at the 2005 baseline and 2009 health status based on Short Form (SF-8) survey.

Findings

In 2005, 16.4% had difficulty chewing and/or swallowing, 13.4% reported difficulty speaking and/or discomfort with social interaction, and 10.8% of the cohort reported having pain associated with teeth or dentures. Cohort members reporting one or more oral health impacts in 2005 had lower SF-8 mean scores in 2009. In particular, monotonic dose–response gradients in 2005–2009 associations based on multivariate linear regression were found between an increase in number of oral impacts (0, 1, 2, 3) and a decline in SF-8 Physical Component Summary scores (adjusted means of 50.5, 49.2, 48.6, 47.9) as well as SF-8 Mental Component Summary scores (adjusted means of 43.2, 40.9, 40.3, 38.6) in younger cohort members. Similar dose response gradients were found in older cohort members.

Conclusions

We found strong association between oral health impacts and adverse health and quality of life among Thai adults. This finding confirms that oral health is one of the key determinants of population health.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Yiengprugsawan et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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