Oral quality of life of the elderly in Guangdong, China. [in Chinese]

Abstract

目的 描述廣東省老年人的口腔生活質量并分析不同社會因素和口腔健康狀況對口腔生活質量影響。方法 通過多階段整群抽樣方法從城市抽取 6 5～ 74歲組 15 15人進行問卷調查 ,并按世界衛生組織 (1997)標準進行臨床檢查。結果 過去 1年口腔有疼痛、自覺口腔健康差、牙齒外觀差、不敢笑、避免與人談話、不能咬硬食物的老年人比例分別為 6 3%、46 %、39%、10 %、14%和 40 %。DT和MT高者口腔生活質量較差 ,一些社會經濟指標亦與口腔生活質量有關。結論 廣東省老年人口腔生活質量受口腔健康狀況影響 ,部分指標與社會經濟因素有關. Objectives To describe the oral quality of life in the elderly in Guangdong Province and the influence of various social factors and clinical oral health status on the oral quality of life in the study population. Methods A total of 1,515 65～74 year-old Chinese living in Guangdong Province were recruited through multi-stage cluster sampling. The study subjects were interviewed by trained interviewers and clinically examined by calibrated examiners following the criteria recommended by the WHO (1997). Results The weighted proportions of the elderly who reported oral disease symptoms in the previous year, perceived their oral health to be poor, perceived the appearance of their teeth to be poor, reported avoiding laughing or smiling due to poor perceived appearance of teeth, avoiding conversation because of oral health problems, reported inability to chew hard foods were 63%, 46%, 39%, 10%, 14% and 40% respectively. Those who were with higher DT and higher MT tended to have worse oral quality of life. Some socio-economic indexes were found related with oral quality of life. Conclusions These findings suggest that oral quality of life were affected by oral health status and by social factors in some measures in this study population.