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Will improving access to dental care improve oral health-related quality of life?
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Crocombe, LA and Mahoney, GD and Spencer, AJ and Waller, M, Will improving access to dental care improve oral health-related quality of life?, Australian Dental Journal, 58, (2) pp. 192-199. ISSN 0045-0421 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Background: The aim of this study was to determine if Australian Defence Force (ADF) members had better oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) than the general Australian population and whether the difference was due to better access to dental care.
Methods: The OHRQoL, as measured by OHIP-14 summary indicators, of participants from the Defence Deployed Solomon Islands (SI) Health Study and the National Survey of Adult Oral Health 2004-06 (NSAOH) were compared. The SI sample was age/gender status-adjusted to match that of the NSAOH sample which was age/gender/regional location weighted to that of the Australian population.
Results: NSAOH respondents with good access to dental care had lower OHIP-14 summary measures [frequency of impacts 8.5% (95% CI = 5.4, 11.6), extent mean = 0.16 (0.11, 0.22), severity mean = 5.0 (4.4, 5.6)] than the total NSAOH sample [frequency 18.6 (16.6, 20.7); extent 0.52 (0.44, 0.59); severity 7.6 (7.1, 8.1)]. The NSAOH respondents with both good access to dental care and self-reported good general health did not have as low OHIP-14 summary scores as in the SI sample [frequency 2.6 (1.2, 5.4), extent 0.05 (0.01, 0.10); severity 2.6 (1.9, 3.4)].
Conclusions: ADF members had better OHRQoL than the general Australian population, even those with good access to dental care and self-reported good general health. © 2013 Australian Dental Association.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Dental care/utilization, dental health surveys, oral health, outcome assessment (health care), quality of life. |
Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Dentistry |
Research Field: | Dentistry not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Dental health |
UTAS Author: | Crocombe, LA (Associate Professor Leonard Crocombe) |
ID Code: | 85857 |
Year Published: | 2013 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 5 |
Deposited By: | UTAS Centre for Rural Health |
Deposited On: | 2013-08-09 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-06 |
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