The corelation between oral health status and the quality of life in the elderly  

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Wangsarahardja, Kartika ; Dharmawan, Olly V. ; Kasim, Eddy

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah nasional - terakreditasi DIKTI - non-atma jaya
Dalam koleksi: Universa Medicina vol. 26 no. 04 (Oct. 2007), page 186.
Topik: oral health; quality of life; elderly

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: U01.K.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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BACKGROUND The proportion of older people is growing rapidly, faster than other age groups especially in developing countries, and life expectancy has increased. Poor oral health has a negative impact on quality of life of older people, and needs intensive oral health programme implementation. METHODS A cross-sectional design was conducted in Cideng, Tomang, and Jati Pulo villages. Three hundred and sixty eight elderly (age > 60), mobile, with good communication and agreed to participate, included in this study. Information on age, gender, marriage status, education, occupation, and socio-economic status (income), and quality of life were collected by six trained interviewers. Oral health status information were collected by three dentists. RESULT The average DMFT of the older age >70 was 15.57 + 10.36, higher than those of <70 of age (12.31 + 9.72). There were a weak significant correlation between DMFT with the intimacy domain (r=0.15; p<0.05) and quality of life (r=0.135; p<0.05). CONCLUTION Due to the high index of the DMFT in the elderly which effected negatively the quality of life, an intervention aimed at improving the oral health is needed.

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