Testing the applicability of a model of oral health-related quality of life

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Camila Mello Dos Santos¹  Roger Keller Celeste¹  Juliana Balbinot Hilgert¹  Fernando Neves Hugo¹ 

关键词: Quality of Life;    Oral Health;    Aged;    Qualidade de Vida;    Saúde Bucal;    Idoso;    Calidad de Vida;    Salud Bucal;    Anciano;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0102-311X00119914

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this study was to test Wilson & Cleary’s conceptual model of the direct and mediated pathways between clinical and non-clinical variables in relation to oral health-related quality of life. A random sample of 578 older people was evaluated. Wilson & Cleary’s conceptual model was tested using structural equations modeling including: biological variables, symptom status, functional health, oral health perceptions, oral health-related quality of life. Oral health-related quality of life was assessed with the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14). In the final model, edentulism was negatively correlated to dissatisfaction of appearance of their dental prostheses (r = -0.25). Worse functional status was correlated with poor oral health perception (r = 0.24). Being aged over 68 (r = 0.25), being a female (r = 0.39) and living in rural areas (r = 0.15) had a direct effect on the edentulism. Age had a direct effect on OHIP-14 (r = -0.15). There was an indirect effect of sex on OHIP-14 via functional status (r = 0.12). The present findings partially support Wilson & Cleary’s model framework.

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