Oral health-related quality of life of community-dwellers in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
Objective: The study aims to describe and analyze the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of persons aged ≥45 years in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Material and Methods: Community dwellers were recruited by random sampling from the canton of Bern. Data were collected by a questionnai...
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| author | Roberta Borg-Bartolo Andrea Roccuzzo Christian Tennert Maria Prasinou Maurus Jäggi Pedro Molinero-Mourelle Michael M. Bornstein Guglielmo Campus |
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Objective: The study aims to describe and analyze the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of persons aged ≥45 years in the canton of Bern, Switzerland.
Material and Methods: Community dwellers were recruited by random sampling from the canton of Bern. Data were collected by a questionnaire (demographic factors, medical history, oral health behavior, dental patient-reported outcomes [dPROs]) and a clinical examination (dental caries, periodontal disease, oral hygiene, mastication). dPROs were evaluated using the OHRQoL-questionnaire Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index with items related to four domains: functional limitations, pain and discomfort, psychological impact, behavioral impact. χ2 tests, Cochrane Armitage trend tests and binary logistic regression were performed with P < 0.05 statistical significance.
Results: The highest prevalence (199/44%, n [total] = 275 participants) of reported problems was observed in the psychological impact domain. Binary logistic regression shows that participants with rheumatoid arthritis (odds ratio [OR] = 4.86, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.70–13.87) and chewing deficiencies (OR 28.43, 95% CI = 2.11–382.68) had higher odds of having functional limitations, while participants with bleeding gums (OR = 1.69, 95% CI = 1.02–2.81) had higher odds of experiencing pain and discomfort. Participants with depression had higher odds of having pain and discomfort (OR = 2.44, 95% CI = 1.03–5.81), suffering a behavioral impact (OR 5.89, 95% CI = 1.57–22.20) and a low OHRQoL (OR = 2.33, 95% CI = 0.09–0.58).
Conclusions: The study shows that poor oral hygiene, high DMFT, chewing deficiency, rheumatoid arthritis, and depression are associated with low OHRQoL.
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| spelling | doaj-art-f8dc091e8b5e4fa3855a5cdb0319f5ac2025-01-16T14:59:33ZengMedical Journals SwedenActa Odontologica Scandinavica0001-63571502-38502025-01-018410.2340/aos.v84.42707Oral health-related quality of life of community-dwellers in the canton of Bern, SwitzerlandRoberta Borg-Bartolo0Andrea Roccuzzo1Christian Tennert2Maria Prasinou3Maurus Jäggi4Pedro Molinero-Mourelle5Michael M. Bornstein6Guglielmo Campus7Department of Restorative, Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Graduate School for Health Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandDepartment of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Unit for Practice-based Research, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandDepartment of Restorative, Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandDepartment of Restorative, Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandDepartment of Restorative, Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandDepartment of Reconstructive Dentistry and Gerodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Department of Conservative Dentistry and Prosthodontics, Faculty of Odontology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, SpainDepartment of Oral Health & Medicine, University Center for Dental Medicine Basel, University of Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDepartment of Restorative, Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Department of Cariology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, SIMATS, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; Department of Cariology, Institute of Odontology, Sahlgrenska Akademin, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden Objective: The study aims to describe and analyze the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of persons aged ≥45 years in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Material and Methods: Community dwellers were recruited by random sampling from the canton of Bern. Data were collected by a questionnaire (demographic factors, medical history, oral health behavior, dental patient-reported outcomes [dPROs]) and a clinical examination (dental caries, periodontal disease, oral hygiene, mastication). dPROs were evaluated using the OHRQoL-questionnaire Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index with items related to four domains: functional limitations, pain and discomfort, psychological impact, behavioral impact. χ2 tests, Cochrane Armitage trend tests and binary logistic regression were performed with P < 0.05 statistical significance. Results: The highest prevalence (199/44%, n [total] = 275 participants) of reported problems was observed in the psychological impact domain. Binary logistic regression shows that participants with rheumatoid arthritis (odds ratio [OR] = 4.86, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.70–13.87) and chewing deficiencies (OR 28.43, 95% CI = 2.11–382.68) had higher odds of having functional limitations, while participants with bleeding gums (OR = 1.69, 95% CI = 1.02–2.81) had higher odds of experiencing pain and discomfort. Participants with depression had higher odds of having pain and discomfort (OR = 2.44, 95% CI = 1.03–5.81), suffering a behavioral impact (OR 5.89, 95% CI = 1.57–22.20) and a low OHRQoL (OR = 2.33, 95% CI = 0.09–0.58). Conclusions: The study shows that poor oral hygiene, high DMFT, chewing deficiency, rheumatoid arthritis, and depression are associated with low OHRQoL. https://medicaljournalssweden.se/actaodontologica/article/view/42707Oral health-related quality of lifepublic healthoral healthepidemiology |
| spellingShingle | Roberta Borg-Bartolo Andrea Roccuzzo Christian Tennert Maria Prasinou Maurus Jäggi Pedro Molinero-Mourelle Michael M. Bornstein Guglielmo Campus Oral health-related quality of life of community-dwellers in the canton of Bern, Switzerland Acta Odontologica Scandinavica Oral health-related quality of life public health oral health epidemiology |
| title | Oral health-related quality of life of community-dwellers in the canton of Bern, Switzerland |
| title_full | Oral health-related quality of life of community-dwellers in the canton of Bern, Switzerland |
| title_fullStr | Oral health-related quality of life of community-dwellers in the canton of Bern, Switzerland |
| title_full_unstemmed | Oral health-related quality of life of community-dwellers in the canton of Bern, Switzerland |
| title_short | Oral health-related quality of life of community-dwellers in the canton of Bern, Switzerland |
| title_sort | oral health related quality of life of community dwellers in the canton of bern switzerland |
| topic | Oral health-related quality of life public health oral health epidemiology |
| url | https://medicaljournalssweden.se/actaodontologica/article/view/42707 |
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