Estado de dentición y su impacto en la calidad de vida en adultos mayores

Abstract

Introduction and objectives: Most elderly face trouble to eat and to relatewith others, due to alterations presented in the mouth, which affects theirsatisfaction and quality of life.To determine the condition of the dentitionof the students of a University of the Third Age of the City of Mexico andto associate it with the quality of life.Material and methods: Descriptivecross-sectional study. Clinical evaluation was performed through the DMFT registry and presence of Edentulous. Oral health impact profile OHIP-14 wasapplied to evaluate quality of life. Statistical Analysis with Spearman correlation coefficientof 0.05. SPSS v. 22.Results: 100 elderly were included with an average ageof 68.2± 5.02. In the DMFT index a 1.04 median for carious teeth was obtained, 7.9for lost teeth and 4.9 for filled teeth. At the profile impact, the most affected dimensionswere the functional limitation with a 2.33 median, psychological discomfortwith 1.67. By correlating dentition status and quality of life, Pearson correlation coefficientof 0.312 with p=0.002 was obtained.Conclusions: The results obtained inthis population, reflect a better dentition state than those reported by other authors,statistical association was obtained but with a low correlation between the state ofdentition and most of the dimensions of quality of life.