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| Title |
Is oral health associated with the presence of depressive symptoms among the elderly?
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| Published in |
Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, January 2019
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| DOI | 10.1590/1413-81232018241.12662017 |
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| Authors |
Alexandre Emidio Ribeiro Silva, Isabelle Kunrath, Julia Freire Danigno, Andreia Morales Cascaes, Eduardo Dickie de Castilhos, Caroline de Oliveira Langlois, Flavio Fernando Demarco |
| Abstract |
The scope of this study was to describe the prevalence of depressive symptoms measured by the Geriatric Depression Scale-EDG - 15 and test the association of oral health variables and depressive symptoms in a population of the elderly linked to eleven Family Health Units in the south of Brazil. It involved a cross-sectional study with 439 elderly individuals. A standardized questionnaire was used to obtain socio-economic and oral health variables of the study. The clinical variables of oral health were obtained by a qualified dentist. The symptoms of depression, which was the scope of the study, were obtained by the Geriatric Depression Scale-EDG -15. The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 18.3% (CI95% 14.6-21.8). Analyzing the exposure variables and depressive symptoms through adjusted Poisson regression analysis, individuals with 1 to 9 teeth (PR = 1.68; CI95% 1.06-2.64, p = 0.012), with a perception of dry mouth (PR = 2.23; CI95% 1.52-3.28, p < 0.001) and perception of pain in the mouth (PR = 2.11; CI95% 1.10-4.07, p = 0.036) have a higher prevalence of depressive symptoms. The study identified a significant prevalence of depressive symptoms and that oral health variables are associated with the presence of depressive symptoms in the elderly population. |
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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 39 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 39 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 26% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Professor | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 5 | 13% |
| Unknown | 14 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 36% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 10% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 5% |
| Psychology | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 15 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 February 2019.
All research outputs
#6,600,606
of 25,385,509 outputs
Outputs from Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
#355
of 2,037 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#126,734
of 446,429 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
#12
of 58 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 2,037 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 3.8. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 71% of its peers.
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