Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The aging of Malaysian society has increased interest in improving the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of the elderly, including their oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). This study aims to evaluate the OHRQoL of elders living in Malaysia and to explore the socio demographic factors and self-rated oral health towards their OHRQoL. METHODS: This is a national cross-sectional survey with complex survey study design. A stratified cluster sampling was used with minimum sample size required 3,542 elderly aged 60 years and above. Interviewed questionnaires were performed to collect information on the participantsÂ’ socio-demographic characteristics, self-rated oral health and General Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) score. Bivariate analysis was performed using SPSS version 23. RESULTS: Response rate was 97.2%. The mean GOHAI score was 52.37 (95%CI: 51.68, 53.06). Better OHRQoL was seen for psychosocial impacts domain with the highest mean (SE) score which was 4.57 (95%CI: 4.52 4.61) as compared to physical function domain and pain and discomfort domain. Sociodemographic factors such as living in the rural area, living together with spouse/partner, other bumiputeras, having no formal education and earning income less than RM1,000 were found to be significantly associated with OHRQoL (p<0.001). Those with poor self-rated oral health or poor self-rated general health also had a low OHRQoL. CONCLUSIONS: The OHRQoL of the elderly in Malaysia is at a fair level, with a minimum impact caused by the sociodemographic factors, but with a significant influenced by self-rated oral.
Links
BibTeX (Download)
@proceedings{APCPH-2019-276,
title = {Socio-Demographic Factors and Self-Rated Oral Health Associated with Geriatric Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Malaysia},
author = {Habibah Yacob and Mohamad Fuad Mohamad Anuar and Nurulasmak Mohamed and Norazizah Ibrahim Wong},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: The aging of Malaysian society has increased interest in improving the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of the elderly, including their oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). This study aims to evaluate the OHRQoL of elders living in Malaysia and to explore the socio demographic factors and self-rated oral health towards their OHRQoL. METHODS: This is a national cross-sectional survey with complex survey study design. A stratified cluster sampling was used with minimum sample size required 3,542 elderly aged 60 years and above. Interviewed questionnaires were performed to collect information on the participantsÂ’ socio-demographic characteristics, self-rated oral health and General Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) score. Bivariate analysis was performed using SPSS version 23. RESULTS: Response rate was 97.2%. The mean GOHAI score was 52.37 (95%CI: 51.68, 53.06). Better OHRQoL was seen for psychosocial impacts domain with the highest mean (SE) score which was 4.57 (95%CI: 4.52 4.61) as compared to physical function domain and pain and discomfort domain. Sociodemographic factors such as living in the rural area, living together with spouse/partner, other bumiputeras, having no formal education and earning income less than RM1,000 were found to be significantly associated with OHRQoL (p\<0.001). Those with poor self-rated oral health or poor self-rated general health also had a low OHRQoL. CONCLUSIONS: The OHRQoL of the elderly in Malaysia is at a fair level, with a minimum impact caused by the sociodemographic factors, but with a significant influenced by self-rated oral.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Epidemiology and Oral Health System Research, Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Institute of Public Health, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health, Malaysia},
keywords = {Elderly, Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI), Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL), Self-rated Oral Health},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}