Impact of dental care on oral health‐related quality of life and treatment goals among elderly adults

Gagliardi, DI; Slade, GD; Sanders, AE

doi:10.1111/j.1834-7819.2007.00005.x

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“…Notably, only 27% of employees at baseline had visited a dentist within the last year, less than half the Australian national estimate of 59.3% (Spencer & Harford, 2007) and closer to estimates for other disadvantaged populations such as the homeless (Ford, Cramb, & Farah, 2014). The benefits suggested by dental treatment in this study further underline the importance of routine dental care for the subpopulation of people with special needs, as has been demonstrated in several studies for the general population (Crocombe, Brennan, & Slade, 2011) and older adults (Gagliardi, Slade, & Sanders, 2008;Locker, 2001).…”

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Oral health-related quality of life improves in employees with disabilities following a workplace dental intervention

Pradhan

Keuskamp

Brennan

2016

Evaluation and Program Planning

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Please cite this article as: Pradhan, Archana., Keuskamp, Dominic., & Brennan, David., Oral health-related quality of life improves in employees with disabilities following a workplace dental intervention.Evaluation and Program Planning http://dx.doi.org/10. 1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.07.003 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. ABSTRACTThis pilot study evaluated a dental intervention for employees with disabilities by measuring changes in self-rated oral health, dental behaviours and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQol). Consenting employees with disabilities (≥ 18 years) at two worksites in South Australia underwent dental examinations at baseline, three and six months. Referrals were arranged as needed to public dental clinics. At one and two months a dental hygienist provided group oral health education to the employees.Employees" demographics, self-rated oral health, dental behaviours and OHRQol were collected via face-to-face interviews. Of the 39 referred employees, 28 (72%) of them completed the recommended treatment. Self-rated oral health improved and there were significant reductions in the prevalence of oral health impact on quality of life (percentage of employees reporting 1+ items fairly/very often) from 27% to 11% (McNemar"s test, p<0.05); the extent of impact (mean number of items reported fairly/very often) from 1.3 to 0.6 and the severity of impact (mean of summed OHIP item scores) from 3.6 to 1.8 (paired t tests, p<0.01). As this pilot study indicates that enabling urgent referral for treatment and regular oral health education can improve OHRQol and self-rated oral health among employees with disabilities, a larger study with a control group should be undertaken.

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Oral health-related quality of life improves in employees with disabilities following a workplace dental intervention

Pradhan

Keuskamp

Brennan

2016

Evaluation and Program Planning

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“…Considering dental problems, more than three fifth of studied sample had loss of teeth as a dental problem (Figure1). This result was similar to [26].who studied"Impact of dental care on oral health-related quality of life and treatment goals among elderly adults". They revealed that the more percent's of studied sample had tooth loss.…”

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Quality of Dental Care among Elderly in Benha City

Mohsen¹,

Megeed²,

Elsayed³

et al. 2017

IOSR JNHS

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“…By way of comparison, a clinical study of general dental treatment among older dental patients in Australia documented a reduction of 6.2 units of the OHIP score 6 months after completion of treatment 38. In a similar study of Canadians, there was a 4.3 unit reduction in OHIP-14 scores after treatment, and the authors concluded that the minimal important difference for the OHIP-14 was of 5-scale points 39.…”

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A cross-national comparison of income gradients in oral health quality of life in four welfare states: application of the Korpi and Palme typology

Sanders

Slade

John

et al. 2009

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

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Background The extent to which welfare states may influence health outcomes has not been explored. It was hypothesised that policies which target the poor are associated with greater income inequality in oral health quality of life than those that provide earnings-related benefits to all citizens. Methods Data were from nationally representative surveys in the UK (n=4064), Finland (n=5078), Germany (n=1454) and Australia (n=2292) conducted from 1998 to 2002. The typology of Korpi and Palme classifies these countries into four different welfare states. In each survey, subjects completed the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) questionnaire, which evaluates the adverse consequence of dental conditions on quality of life. For each country, survey estimation commands were used to create linear regression models that estimated the slope of the gradient between four quartiles of income and OHIP-14 severity scores. Parameter estimates for income gradients were contrasted across countries using Wald χ2 tests specifying a critical p value of 0.008, equivalent to a Bonferroni correction of p<0.05 for the six pairwise tests. Results Statistically significant income gradients in OHIP-14 severity scores were found in all countries except Germany. A global test confirmed significant cross-national differences in the magnitude of income gradients. In Australia, where a flat rate of benefits targeted the poor, the mean OHIP-14 severity score reduced by 1.7 units (95% CI −2.15 to −1.34) with each increasing quartile of household income, a significantly steeper gradient than in other countries. Conclusion The coverage and generosity of welfare state benefits appear to influence levels of inequality in population oral health quality of life.

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Impact of dental care on oral health‐related quality of life and treatment goals among elderly adults

Cited by 42 publications

References 19 publications

Oral health-related quality of life improves in employees with disabilities following a workplace dental intervention

Oral health-related quality of life improves in employees with disabilities following a workplace dental intervention

Quality of Dental Care among Elderly in Benha City

A cross-national comparison of income gradients in oral health quality of life in four welfare states: application of the Korpi and Palme typology

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