Oral health‐related quality of life as a predictor of subjective well‐being among older adults—A decade‐long longitudinal cohort study

Klotz, Anna-Luisa; Tauber, Benjamin; Schubert, Anna‐Lena; Hassel, Alexander J.; Schröder, Johannes; Wahl, Hans‐Werner; Rammelsberg, Peter; Zenthöfer, Andreas

doi:10.1111/cdoe.12416

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“…Previous studies have shown subjective health and quality of life outcomes among older population and people living with disease conditions (Bishwajit et al 2017;Klotz et al 2018;Matsuguma et al 2018;Calys-Tagoe et al 2014;Ryan et al 2007). Currently, there are no other studies showing the predictors of subjective health, happiness, and life satisfaction among healthy adolescent populations in an African context.…”

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Subjective Happiness, Health and Quality of Life and Their Sociocultural Correlates among Younger Population in Malawi

2019

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Public health research and policy in sub-Saharan Africa are generally disease-oriented, with the focus being largely confined within the biological determinants of health. So far, little attention has been given to developing a more health-oriented approach by emphasising the psychosocial dimensions of health, especially among the younger population. To this regard, we conducted the present study to assess the prevalence and sociocultural correlates of perceived happiness, health, and life satisfaction among the adolescent and young (15–24 years) population in Malawi. We analysed cross-sectional data on 12,610 men and women based on a Malawi multiple indicator cluster survey conducted in 2013–2014. Data were analysed using descriptive and multivariable regression methods. According to the findings, more than 80% of the men and women reported being satisfied about happiness, health, and life. Multivariate analysis showed an inverse relationship between being currently or formerly married and perceived happiness. Ethnic disparities in perceived health and happiness were more pronounced in men, whereas that of life satisfaction was more pronounced in women. Living in households of the highest wealth quintile was positively associated with health and life satisfaction, but not with happiness. These findings highlight the need for prioritising the psychosocial needs of the adolescent and youth populations in designing health and social policy in Malawi. The findings need to be interpreted in light of the factors specific to the sociocultural environment in Malawi.

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Subjective Happiness, Health and Quality of Life and Their Sociocultural Correlates among Younger Population in Malawi

2019

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“…Especially to individuals aged 85 years and older, when changes in the life situation is likely to occur, studies of social and health-related changes in relation to changes in morale is of high relevance. Thus far, only a few studies (Klotz et al 2018;Näsman et al 2019;Scott and Butler 1997) have focused on decreasing morale and associated factors longitudinally. One of the studies focused on very old age, and included a sample with a mean age of 87 years at baseline (Näsman et al 2019).…”

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“…Further, the results showed that the two older age groups (90-year-olds and ≥ 95-year-olds) had a significantly higher score in the index of negative life events compared to the 85-year-olds, indicating that the risk of experiencing negative life events increased in advanced age. Another recent study focused on individuals in their fifties and in their seventies, and showed that worse oral health-related quality of life predicted lower morale over 10 years in both age cohorts (Klotz et al 2018). A third study included individuals with a mean age of 71 at baseline (Scott and Butler 1997).…”

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Risk factors for a decrease in high morale in very old people over a 5-year period: data from two Nordic countries

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High morale could be considered to be an essential part of aging well and increased knowledge of how to prevent a decrease in high morale in very old age could have important implications for policy, and social and health care development. The objective was to identify social and health-related risk factors for a decrease in morale over 5 years in very old people among those with high morale at baseline. The study is based on data derived from the Umeå85+/GERDA study conducted in Northern Sweden and Western Finland. The final sample consisted of 174 individuals who were 85 years and older at baseline and who had completed the follow-up 5 years later. Morale was measured with The Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale (PGCMS). A set of social and health-related variables were used to test which factors were associated with a decrease in morale over 5 years. Linear regression was used for the multivariable analyses. The sample had a mean change of − 1.3 (SD = 2.5) in PGCMS scores from T1 to T2. The results from the regression analyses showed that development of depressive disorders, increased feelings of loneliness and the death of a child during the follow-up period were associated with a decrease in morale. The results from our study indicate that preventing the development of depressive disorders and increasing loneliness are key factors in preventing a decrease in high morale. Additionally, very old people who have recently lost an adult child should receive adequate psychosocial support.

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“…The concept of the OHQoL-UK(W) scale is based on assumption that oral health affects quality of life, and it was indeed shown in studies where large proportion of respondents perceived oral health as important predictor of their quality of life 13 . Positive influence of good oral health on quality of life is especially present in younger, more educated persons who more frequently visit their dentists 14,15 .…”

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Translation to Serbian and transcultural adaptation of the oral health-related quality of life [OHQoL-UK(W)] instrument

2020

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Background/Aim. Measuring health-related quality of life is of great help to clinicians when they have to choose optimal therapy for their patients or estimate its effects. The aim of this study was to translate the oral health-related quality of life [OHQoL-UK(W)] questionnaire from English to Serbian, to make necessary cultural adaptations of the translation, and to test its reliability in a sample of adult Serbian patients. Methods. After obtaining permission from the authors, translation and cultural adaptation of the OH-QoL-UK(W) was made according to the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (IS-POR) guidelines. Reliability of the Serbian translation was tested on a sample of 250 patients through calculation of Cronbach's alpha, as a measure of internal consistency. Results. Serbian translation of the OHQoL-UK(W) had very similar degree of internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha 0.947), and correlated satisfactorily with the visual analogue scale (VAS) score and inversely with the Decay-missingfilled teeth (DMFT) index. Factorial analysis revealed only one factor, as in the original scale. Conclusions. Serbian translation of the OHQoL-UK(W) is reliable instrument for measuring oral health-related quality of life in adult dentistry patients.

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Oral health‐related quality of life as a predictor of subjective well‐being among older adults—A decade‐long longitudinal cohort study

Abstract: OHRQoL seems to be a substantial predictor of subjective well-being in quinquagenarians and septuagenarians across the rather long observational period. Further studies with larger sample sizes are required to confirm this finding.

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Subjective Happiness, Health and Quality of Life and Their Sociocultural Correlates among Younger Population in Malawi

Subjective Happiness, Health and Quality of Life and Their Sociocultural Correlates among Younger Population in Malawi

Risk factors for a decrease in high morale in very old people over a 5-year period: data from two Nordic countries

Translation to Serbian and transcultural adaptation of the oral health-related quality of life [OHQoL-UK(W)] instrument

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