Assessment of oral health status, treatment needs and oral health related quality of life among institutionalized elders of Bangalore city Karnataka- A cross sectional study
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Introduction: Oral health is commonly affected when elderly become care-dependent, it usually becomes worse and gets less attention. WHO Index age group has defined “senior citizen” or “older adults” as people belonging to the age group 65-74 years where sixty-five and older make upto 8.5% of the world’s population Studies assessing oral health in institutionalized elderly use a variety of definitions or descriptions for oral health. The main aim of this study was to assess the oral health related quality of life
and oral health status among institutionalized elderly population aged 60 years and above in Bangalore city.
Methodology : The present study was performed to find out the oral health status of the geriatric population and also to describe their oral health related quality of life. 300 individuals, aged 60 years and above from randomly selected old age homes of Bangalore South were included in the study. Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) was used to find out the oral health related quality of life and WHO oral health assessment survey basic methods, 2013. SPSS software for windows (version 23.0) was
used. The data was statistically analyzed using chi-square test, Independent t test and Kruskal Wallis ANOVA.
Results Among the study subjects, 180 were males and 120 were females with a mean age of 77.43 years for males and 77.48 for females. The mean Add-GOHAI score for the whole population was 28.65. The mean Loss of attachment score was 1.09±0.33. Assessment of prosthetic status showed that 98% of study subjects were not wearing any prosthesis either in mandibular or in maxillary arch. Prosthetic needs are higher among study subjects with 97.3% and required prosthesis in maxillary arch and 91.4% of study subjects required a prosthesis in mandibular arch. Conclusion Oral health status of the whole population brought to focus the higher periodontal disease levels and the higher decayed, missing teeth status among them.. Particularly important are the
implications for the provision of affordable preventive therapy and treatment methods at improving the overall quality of the oral health and life of older people.
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