Is depression associated with periodontal status in elderly?
Braz. j. oral sci
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12(1): 20-22, jan.-mar. 2013. tab
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ABSTRACT
Aim:
To examine whether the depression is associated with periodontitis in elderly and to evaluate oral hygiene of these patients.Methods:
One hundred and ninety one individuals aged 60 yearsor more were randomly selected. Periodontal examination was performed in full mouth by probing depth and clinical attachment loss in 6 sites for each tooth. The Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI-S) per individual was also obtained. Depression was assessed by the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) to show how the elderly have been feeling during the last week.Results:
Only SOHI was statistically significant (t = 4.7169, p<0.001), which better explains the variance in periodontal status. The variable GDS-15 revealed no significant values (t=0.3901, p=0.6971).Conclusions:
There was no association between periodontitis and depression in elderly, but there was association between periodontitis and oral hygiene.
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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Asunto principal:
Higiene Bucal
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Periodontitis
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Depresión
Tipo de estudio:
Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Anciano
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Aged80
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Braz. j. oral sci
Asunto de la revista:
Odontología
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Universidade Federal de Maranhão/BR
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