Molina-Merino Jefferson Israel, Centeno-Dávila María Del Cisne
Carrera de Odontología, Universidad Católica de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador.
División de Periodoncia e Implantología Quirúrgica, Carrera de Odontología, Universidad Católica de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador.
Rev Cient Odontol (Lima). 2021 Oct 6;9(3):e068. doi: 10.21142/2523-2754-0903-2021-068. eCollection 2021 Jul-Sep.
To determine the quality of life related to oral health in 18-99-year-old people in the city of Macas-Ecuador 2021.
This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study following a quantitative approach. A total of 415 people over 18 years of age from Macas-Ecuador were evaluated. The instrument of measure was a OHIP-14 instrument composed of 7 dimensions, each of which had 2 questions. The study variables (sex, age, socioeconomic level, occupation) were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U statistical test, with p <0.05 being considered as significant.
There was a predominance of 63% of women. The dimension of "psychological distress" had the highest overall impact of all the items answered. Comparison of the OHIP-14 dimensional scores between men and women showed statistically significant differences in functional limitation and handicap with p = 0.012 and p = 0.036, respectively.
There is a relationship between quality of life and oral health among the inhabitants of the city of Macas-Ecuador. The OHIP-14 instrument showed the dimension of "psychological distress" to be the main factor of oral problems.
确定2021年厄瓜多尔马卡斯市18至99岁人群与口腔健康相关的生活质量。
这是一项采用定量方法的描述性横断面研究。对来自厄瓜多尔马卡斯市的415名18岁以上的人群进行了评估。测量工具是一份由7个维度组成的OHIP - 14量表，每个维度有2个问题。使用曼 - 惠特尼U统计检验分析研究变量（性别、年龄、社会经济水平、职业），p <0.05被视为具有统计学意义。
女性占比63%。“心理困扰”维度在所有回答项目中总体影响最高。男性和女性之间OHIP - 14维度得分的比较显示，在功能受限和障碍方面存在统计学显著差异，p值分别为0.012和0.036。
厄瓜多尔马卡斯市居民的生活质量与口腔健康之间存在关联。OHIP - 14量表显示“心理困扰”维度是口腔问题的主要因素。
