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. 2023 Oct;51(5):767-777.
doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12754. Epub 2022 May 13.

Oral health-related quality of life of older Australian men

Fredrick Alan Clive Wright  1 , Ellie C-C Shu  1 , Robert G Cumming  2 , Vasi Naganathan  1   3 , Fiona M Blyth  2 , Vasant Hirani  4 , David G Le Couteur  1   3 , David J Handelsman  5 , Markus J Seibel  6 , Louise M Waite  1   3 , Fiona F Stanaway  2
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Oral health-related quality of life of older Australian men

Fredrick Alan Clive Wright et al. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2023 Oct.

Abstract

Objectives: The aims of this study were to assess oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in a cohort of older Australian men and explore the association between their general health conditions, socio-demographic factors and OHRQoL.

Methods: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project (CHAMP) is a cohort study of the health of a representative sample of Australian men, initiated in 2005-2006 with an initial sample of 1705 men 70 years or over. Participants completed a self-administered health and socio-demographic questionnaire and attended an interview and clinical assessment at baseline and each of three follow-up assessments. Information on oral health and responses to the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) were collected in the 4th follow-up in which 778 men completed the OHIP-14 questionnaire and 614 men had a dental assessment. The prevalence of oral health impact was defined as a response of fairly often or very often to one or more of the OHIP-14 questions. Mean OHIP-14 scores were calculated for the 14 questions and used as the dependent variable in the regression analyses. Zero-inflated Poisson regression was used to estimate prevalence rate ratios (PRR).

Results: Only 10% of men presented oral health impacts. In multivariate regression modelling, being born in Italy/Greece (PRR: 2.16, 95% CI: 1.93-2.42) or in other countries (PRR: 2.12, 95% CI: 1.89-2.38), having poor self-rated general health (PRR: 1.38, 95% CI: 1.24-1.53), having poor mental wellbeing (PRR: 1.14, 95% CI: 1.04-1.24), having ≥6 depressive symptoms (PRR: 1.18, 95% CI: 1.05-1.32), being a current smoker (PRR: 1.34, 95% CI: 1.06-1.70) and having more decayed tooth surfaces (PRR:1.01, 95% CI: 1.00-1.02) were associated with higher impact scores.

Conclusions: Overall, older Australian men exhibit good oral health-related quality of life. The inter-relationship between perceptions of general health and well-being, health and oral health variables and social background supports policy objectives of closer integration of general health and oral health services for older Australian men.

Keywords: OHIP-14; cohort analysis; older Australian men; oral health related quality of life.

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