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The impacts of oral health on quality of life in working adults

Overview of attention for article published in Brazilian Oral Research, August 2014
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Title
The impacts of oral health on quality of life in working adults
Published in
Brazilian Oral Research, August 2014
DOI 10.1590/1807-3107bor-2014.vol28.0040
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Marilia Jesus Batista, Lílian Berta Rihs Perianes, Juliana Balbinot Hilgert, Fernando Neves Hugo, Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa

Abstract

This study investigated the impacts of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) on daily activities and work productivity in adults. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a supermarket chain in the state of São Paulo, which included 386 workers, age-range 20 - 64 years. Participants were examined for oral disease following WHO recommendations, and the oral health impact profile (OHIP) assessment was used to determine OHRQoL. Demographic, socio-economic, use of dental services, and OHRQoL data were obtained. Answers to the OHIP were dichotomized into no impact and some impact, and the relationship to OHRQoL was determined. Poisson regression with robust variance was performed using SPSS version 17.0. Dimensions with highest OHIP scores were physical pain and psychological discomfort. Sex (male: PR = 0.55, 95% CI 0.38 - 0.80), lower family income (PR = 1.49, 95% CI 1.04 - 2.12), visiting a dentist due to pain (PR = 2.14, 95% CI 1.57 - 3.43), tooth loss (PR = 1.59, 95% CI 1.09 - 2.32), and needing treatment for caries (PR = 1.59, 95% CI 1.09 - 2.32) were most likely to impact OHRQoL. Therefore, socioeconomic and demographic status and use of dental services impacted OHRQoL. These results indicate that oral health promotion strategies should be included in work environments.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
India 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Unknown 163 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 27 16%
Student > Bachelor 22 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 8%
Researcher 11 7%
Student > Postgraduate 11 7%
Other 30 18%
Unknown 51 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 75 45%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 4%
Psychology 5 3%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 1%
Other 12 7%
Unknown 54 33%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. 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 30 August 2014.
All research outputs
#15,169,543
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Brazilian Oral Research
#140
of 509 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#123,168
of 247,211 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Brazilian Oral Research
#3
of 8 outputs
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