Impact of tooth loss related to number and position on oral health quality of life among adults
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...In other studies, the risk of evaluation bias was found (18,25,34)....
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...All 8 studies showed that the position of missing teeth was significantly related to impaired OHRQoL (Tsakos et al. 2006; Walter et al. 2007; Baba et al. 2008b; Mesas et al. 2008; Pallegedara and Ekanayake 2008; Al-Omiri et al. 2009; Perera and Ekanayake 2012; Batista et al. 2014)....
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...The past caries experience was used as the calculation base, as measured by the DMFT (Decayed, Missed and Filled Teeth) index in adults [13], and adjusted for the population size of Piracicaba....
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...Health literacy (HL) relates to the capacity of individuals to acquire, understand and take action on health information and make appropriate health decisions, with the final objective being the maintenance of their health or the management of a disease [4], which means autonomy in * Correspondence: mariliajbatista@yahoo.com.br 1Community Health, Jundiai Medical School, Francisco Telles, 250, P.O. Box1295, Jundiaí, SP 13202-550, Brazil 2Community Health Graduate Program, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Avenida Limeira 901, P.O. Box 52, Piracicaba, SP 13414-018, Brazil Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © The Author(s)....
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...For our study, we used the instrument of Ishkawa et al. [7] to assess the communicative and critical literacy of adults in Piracicaba city in the State of São Paulo, Brazil and their association with oral health outcomes, including oral health status measures, oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and oral care practices....
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...This study is nested in a research project evaluating the oral health status of a cohort of 20 to 64 year-old adults who were residents of Piracicaba [12]....
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...4Department of Community Dentistry, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Brazil, Avenida Limeira 901, P.O. Box 52, Piracicaba, SP 13414-018, Brazil....
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...Our analyses showed oral health quality of life gradients consistent with the number and position of teeth missing due to oral disease, as measured by the OHIP-14 severity index, when controlling for presence of untreated caries and the reason for using dental services....
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...The outcome for this study was OHRQoL, measured by OHIP severity, i.e., the total OHIP-14 score (sum of the Likert-type responses for the fourteen questions, range 0–56), and OHIP prevalence, i.e., the relative frequency of one or more impacts “often/very often” on OHQoL [9]....
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...Of all these instruments, the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) [13] is the most widely used to assess the impact of oral health on quality life in adults and the elderly [12]....
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...OHRQoL was measured using the OHIP-14....
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...The OHIP-14 intends to assess the dysfunction, discomfort and disability caused by oral condition [10]....
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...Untreated caries, severe tooth loss and periodontitis were pointed out as being among the 100 conditions that cause burden in the Global Burden Disease [3]....
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...While many countries have seen a decrease in the prevalence of tooth loss, this oral condition still represents a significant health concern among Brazilian adults [2] and in 2010, in the Global Burden Disease study, severe tooth loss was pointed as one of the 100 health conditions causing injuries among populations [3]....
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