Graduate Institute of Healthcare Administration, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Gerodontology. 2012 Jun;29(2):e1067-77. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2012.00614.x. Epub 2012 Jan 26.
The objective of the research is to investigate whether the elderly people's quality of life get improved after denture wearing.
About 1600 elderly persons, over 65 years old, were sampled as the research target. The overall response rate was 71.62%. The tool of research is a structural questionnaire Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) that was used to measure the oral health-related quality of life. Individual's satisfaction of denture wearing divides into three groups: edentulous individuals who are satisfied with denture wearing, edentulous individuals who are not satisfied with denture wearing and dentulous individuals.
The result shows the eight variables, which are oral health condition, frequency of snacks-eating, age, frequency in participation in social activities, instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), vision, satisfaction with life and physical functions, have significant influence on total OHIP score.
Although being edentulous, if the elderly are satisfied with their denture, the quality of life can be maintained and not affected by oral health problems. It is suggested that the further researches can include more relevant factors when in a discussion on the oral health-related quality of life, especially, the subjective perception of individual's feeling.
本研究旨在探讨老年人戴义齿后生活质量是否得到改善。
以 1600 名 65 岁以上的老年人为研究对象，总体应答率为 71.62%。研究工具为口腔健康影响简表（OHIP），用于测量与口腔健康相关的生活质量。个体对义齿佩戴的满意度分为三组：戴义齿满意的无牙颌个体、戴义齿不满意的无牙颌个体和戴义齿的个体。
结果表明，8 个变量，即口腔健康状况、零食进食频率、年龄、参与社会活动的频率、日常生活活动能力（IADL）、视力、生活满意度和生理功能，对总 OHIP 评分有显著影响。
尽管无牙，但如果老年人对义齿满意，生活质量可以得到维持，不会受到口腔健康问题的影响。建议在讨论与口腔健康相关的生活质量时，进一步的研究可以纳入更多相关因素，特别是个体主观感受的主观感知。
