title: Relationship between oral health-related quality of life, oral health, socioeconomic, and general health factors in elderly Brazilians.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the impact of oral health on quality of life in elderly Brazilians and to evaluate its association with clinical oral health measures and socioeconomic and general health factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Population-based cohort study on health, well-being, and aging.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight hundred fifty-seven participants representing 588,384 community-dwelling elderly adults from the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  Self-perceived impact of oral health on quality of life was measured using the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI), with scores categorized as good, moderate, or poor, indicating low, moderate, and high degrees of negative impact on quality of life, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nearly half of the individuals had good GOHAI scores (44.7% of overall sample, 45.9% of dentate participants, and 43.4% of edentulous participants). In the overall sample, those with poor self-rated general health and a need for dental prostheses were more likely to have poor and moderate GOHAI scores. Individuals with depression were significantly more likely to have poor GOHAI scores. No socioeconomic variables were related to the outcome, except self-perception of sufficient income, which was a protective factor against a poor GOHAI score in dentate participants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Moderate and high degrees of negative impact of oral health on quality of life were associated with general health and clinical oral health measures, independent of socioeconomic factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, São Paulo, Brazil. fabiolabof@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Fabíola Bof
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: de Andrade
authors.forename: Maria Lúcia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lebrão
authors.forename: Jair Lício Ferreira
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Doralice Severo
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: da Cruz Teixeira
authors.forename: Yeda Aparecida
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: de Oliveira Duarte
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009909:Oral Health; D011788:Quality of Life; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires