title: [The impact of oral conditions in the quality of life municipal civil servants].
abstract: The scope of this article is to verify the prevalence of the impact produced by oral health conditions on the quality of life of civil servants and the possible association with social and demographic variables, utilization of dental services, dental pain and the need for prosthetics. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess a random sample of 286 public employees. Data was collected using four questionnaires including the Oral Health Impact Profile. The association between the variables was measured using Fisher's Exact Test; the Odds Ratio evaluated the strength of association between impact and exposure. Logistic regression models were adjusted for each dimension. Ninety-three individuals (32.5%) declared impacts. The main impact prediction was associated with age, social and economic status, education, the use of dental services, the need for prosthetics and dental pain. A considerable number of individuals declared an impact on quality of life due to oral conditions.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitoria, ES, Brasil, mhmiotto@terra.com.br.
authors.forename: Maria Helena Monteiro de Barros
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Miotto
authors.affiliation: Associação Brasileira de Odontologia.
authors.forename: Claudio Santos
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.affiliation: Universidade Vila Velha.
authors.forename: Ludmilla Awad
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Barcellos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003729:Dental Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D016272:Occupational Health; D015995:Prevalence; D017150:Public Sector; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult