tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học:" Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among a large national cohort of 87,134 Thai adults"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among a large national cohort of 87,134 Thai adults | Yiengprugsawan et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9 42 http content 9 1 42 HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES RESEARCH Open Access Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among a large national cohort of 87 134 Thai adults Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan1 Tewarit Somkotra2 Sam-ang Seubsman3 Adrian C Sleigh1 and The Thai Cohort Study Team1 Abstract Background Oral health has been of interest in many low and middle income countries due to its impact on general health and quality of life. But there are very few population-based reports of adult Oral Health Related Quality of Life OHRQoL in developing countries. To address this knowledge gap for Thailand we report oral health findings from a national cohort of 87 134 Thai adults aged between 15 and 87 years and residing all over the country. Methods In 2005 a comprehensive health questionnaire was returned by distance learning cohort members recruited through Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University. OHRQoL dimensions included were discomfort speaking swallowing chewing social interaction and pain. We calculated multivariate adjusted associations between OHRQoL outcomes and sociodemographic health behaviour and dental status. Results Overall discomfort chewing social interaction and pain were the most commonly reported problems. Females were worse off for chewing social interaction and pain. Smokers had worse OHRQoL in all dimensions with Odds Ratios OR ranging from to . Having less than 20 teeth was strongly associated with difficulty speaking OR difficulty swallowing OR and difficulty chewing OR . Conclusions Self-reported adverse oral health correlates with individual function and quality of life. Outcomes are generally worse among females the poor smokers drinkers and those who have less than 20 teeth. Further longitudinal study of the cohort analysed here will permit assessment of causal determinants of poor oral health and the efficacy of preventive programs .