title: Relationship between oral clinical conditions and daily performances.
abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of oral status on the daily performances of civil servants from the Public Works and Waste Management Department of the city of Porto Alegre, located in Southern Brazil. A cross-sectional study was conducted on a representative sample composed of 276 civil servants with ages ranging from 35 to 44 years. The Oral Impacts on Daily Performances index developed was employed to measure impacts caused by oral clinical conditions. Oral examinations were performed after the interviews. Multinomial Logistic Regression Analysis was used. After adjusting for sex and educational level, the results showed that the subjects with high DMFT scores were 5.8 times (95% CI = 2.1-16.1) more likely to have high impacts on their everyday life than those with low DMFT scores. Subjects that presented some coronal caries were 4.3 times (95% CI = 1.9-9.8) more likely to have high impacts on their everyday life than those with no coronal caries. Dental status assessed through the DMFT index and coronal caries are important indicators of impacts on the everyday life of the studied population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Preventive Dental Sciences, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazi. andreag@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Andréa Silveira
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Claides
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abegg
authors.forename: Jandyra Maria Guimarães
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fachel
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009909:Oral Health; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors