IMPACT OF EDENTULISM ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ELDERLY PEOPLE
Keywords:
edentulism, dental care for aged, oral health, tooth lossAbstract
Objective
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of edentulism on the qua!ity of life of institutionalized and non-institutionalized e/der!y people in the city of Recife, Brazi/.
Methods
A cross-sectiona! study was made of individuais aged 60 years and over. To determine the size of the samp!e, a 50% prevalence of edentu!ism in the population was presumed. A confidence leve! of 95% and estimated errar of 5% were adopted. The Epi lnfo program determined that a samp!e size of 217 e/der!y persons shou!d be used proportiona!ly stratified, in the first phase, between the institutionalized and the non-institutionalized. ln the second phase, each group was proportionally stratified according to the number living in each o/d peop/e's home and those not !iving in such institutions.
Results
Altogether 198 individuais took part in the study, of whom 11 7 (59. 10%) be!onged to the non-institutionalized group. There was a !oss of 8.76% of the samp/e at the end of the study. The data was co//ected by means of a clinica/ examination performed by two preca!ibrated examiners. The percentage of edentulism among the institutionalized e!derly was 59.30% and amongst those non-institutionalized, it was 51.30%. When the individuais in both groups were asked whether any problems with their mouth, teeth or prosthesis over the past six months had impacted on their daily tives, 40.00% replied that they had.
Conclusion
The resu!ts demonstrated a substantia! preva!ence of limitation of function among the study population, particularly amongst those resident in o/d people's homes, indicating the need to adopt strategies for promoting general and oral health, targeted at the elderly.
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