ANÁLISIS DE LA ASOCIACIÓN ENTRE LA CALIDAD VIDA Y LA CONDICIÓN ORAL DE LAS PERSONAS MAYORES VINCULADAS A TRES INSTITUCIONES GERIÁTRICAS DE BUCARAMANGA: II FASE

Objective: The aim was to evaluate the association between the quality of life (QL) with the oral condition (OC) in the elderly.Material and methods: An analytical cross section observational study was made. The universe was constituted by 523 and the sample by 106 people, who lived in three elderly institution of the city, who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The variables of the study were social-demographic; systemic condition, the QL, the OC, the functional physical capacity, mental state, and the social supports in the analysis, summary measures were calculated according to the nature of each variable. Analysis of factors was made to determine the attributes that integrated OC. The exit variable (QL) was related to each other variables by χ2 and Fisher´s exact test, the crude OR and intervals of confidence were calculated. Logistic regression analysis and methods of correction of the OR were applied, the RR were obtained and the goodness of fit of the model was evaluated.Results: The quality of life in the elderly registered an average of 49.9±18.6 with rank between 14 and 85. The COP index, the salivary flow and the oral pain were attributes that defined the oral condition; the 72% of the population had a bad oral condition. A potential association between bad OC with bad QL of the elderly wasn’t seen RR 0.99 (IC95% 0.56-1.41).Conclusion: A bad CO does not seem to be associate with bad a QL in the elderly; these results seem to indicate the little effect that has a bad oral condition, frequent condition in the evaluated population, relation could be affected by cultural aspects that do that the society in general and the greater adult in individual, can get to underestimate this condition

• Autores: Concha Sánchez, Sonia Constanza; Camargo Lemus, Diana Marina
• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Repositorio: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.usta.edu.co:11634/37107
• Acceso en línea: http://revistas.ustabuca.edu.co/index.php/USTASALUD_ODONTOLOGIA/article/view/1804; http://hdl.handle.net/11634/37107
• License: Derechos de autor 2018 UstaSalud