Zini Avraham, Sgan-Cohen Harold D
Yad Sarah Dental Clinic, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Jan;56(1):99-104. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01498.x. Epub 2007 Nov 15.
To measure the effect of oral health on quality of life in elderly people in Jerusalem and to compare homebound and nonhomebound people.
A cross-sectional, purposive cluster sample.
Community-based, one dental clinic, three geriatric day centers, and home visits.
Three hundred forty-four underprivileged people aged 60 and older, 64 of whom were homebound.
Score on the shortened version of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) (validated for Hebrew) was the dependent variable. One dental assistant conducted a structured interview, including universal variables, and one dentist examined dental status.
Average OHIP-14 level was 10.43. For total OHIP-14, the odds ratio comparing the homebound with the nonhomebound population was 2.06 (P=.03). After multiple logistic regression, functional ability and education level reached independent significance for OHIP-14 level were.
Homebound elderly people reported greater difficulties than nonhomebound people in communication, eating, relaxation, and life satisfaction as related to oral health.
评估口腔健康对耶路撒冷老年人生活质量的影响，并比较居家老人和非居家老人的情况。
横断面、立意整群抽样。
基于社区，一家牙科诊所、三个老年日间护理中心及家访。
344名60岁及以上的贫困人群，其中64人为居家老人。
口腔健康影响程度简表（OHIP-14）（希伯来语版本已验证）得分作为因变量。一名牙科助理进行结构化访谈，包括一般变量，一名牙医检查口腔状况。
OHIP-14平均水平为10.43。对于总OHIP-14，居家老人与非居家老人相比的优势比为2.06（P = 0.03）。经过多重逻辑回归分析，功能能力和教育水平对OHIP-14水平具有独立的显著意义。
与口腔健康相关，居家老人在沟通、进食、放松和生活满意度方面比非居家老人报告有更大困难。
