Diagnosis of Elderly Oral Health Conditions and Quality of Life

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a percepção da qualidade de vida de idosos institucionalizados da clínica e não institucionalizados, comparados a índices odontológicos.Elderly women and men aged 60 years or more were evaluated. Anthropometric and cardiac measurements, salivary volume analysis, salivary cortisol and halitosis were performed. The Geriatric Oral Health (GOHAI) and SF-36 questionnaires regarding quality of life were applied. The data obtained were managed by the REDCap database and the statistics were performed in GraphPad Prism 7.0.t-test and Mann-Whitney test were used to perform the statistical analyses (<0.05).

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Dottorato in Diagnosi Orale - Semiologia (UNIP). Master in Scienze della Salute presso l'Università di Santo Amaro (Unisa), Laurea in Odontoiatria presso l'Università di Santo Amaro (Unisa), Specializzazione in Gerontologia e Interdisciplinarietà (Università São Camilo), Specializzazione in Odontoiatria per pazienti con esigenze speciali (UNIP).