The Study of Oral Health Related to Quality of Life Among Elderly (Literature Review)
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2018-02-20
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The oral health-related to quality of life is a multidimensional concept that
reflects other things of one`s comfort when eating, sleeping, engaging in social
interaction of self-esteem and one`s satisfaction with respect to their oral health.
This goal of this research is to find out whether there is a relations between oral
health and quality of life among the elderly.
The method used for this research was based on secondary data such as
literature, textbook and journals. There were 3 categories in measuring the oral
health related to quality of life which are social indicators, global self-ratings and
multiple questionnaires. There were six tools that are discussed which are
WHOQoL-BREF, World Health Organization Quality of Life Instruments
Biomedical Research & Education Facility, WHOQoL-OLD, Oral Health Impact
Profile-49 (OHIP-49), Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14), Oral Health
Impact Profile-EDENT (OHIP-EDENT), Geriatric Oral Health Assessment
Index(GOHAI).
In conclusion, there was a relation between oral health and quality of life
among elderly
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