Impact of temporomandibular disorders on oral health-related quality of life of institutionalized elderly people / Impacto da disfunção temporomandibular na qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal em idosos institucionalizados
RFO UPF
; 23(1): 24-30, 15/08/2018. tab
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
to assess the characteristics associated withtemporomandibular disorders (TMD) and their impacton oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of institutionalizedelderly people. Subjects andmethod:
itwas a cross-sectional study performed in 30 private institutionsfor the elderly. The data collected included theTMD questionnaire and clinical evaluation assessed bythe Research Diagnostic Criteria/TemporomandibularDisorders (RDC/TMD), as well as the OHIP-49 questionnairefor OHRQoL.Results:
twenty-four institutionsaccepted to participate in the study (n = 375 with 133fit for answering both questionnaires). Considering thecharacteristics, tinnitus was the most frequent symptomreported, while 98.5% of the research participants didnot present myofascial pain. Disc displacement wasobserved in 26.3%, while 93% of individuals did notpresent chronic pain. Severe depression was found in23.3% of the elderly with 24.1% presenting moderatelevels of non-specific physical symptoms, includingpain. Poisson regression analysis showed that the characteristicsreported were associated with a negativeimpact on OHRQoL.Conclusion:
the domain-specificanalysis showed that all domains were affected negativelyby TMD characteristics and higher levels of depressionare associated with a negative impact on OHRQoL. (AU)Key words
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Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
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Oral Health
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Health of Institutionalized Elderly
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Brasil
Language:
En
Journal:
RFO UPF
Journal subject:
ODONTOLOGIA
Year:
2018
Type:
Article