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Type: Journal article
Title: Will improving access to dental care improve oral health-related quality of life?
Author: Crocombe, L.
Mahoney, G.
Spencer, A.
Waller, M.
Citation: Australian Dental Journal, 2013; 58(2):192-199
Publisher: Australian Dental Assn Inc
Issue Date: 2013
ISSN: 0045-0421
1834-7819
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L.A. Crocombe, G.D. Mahoney, A.J. Spencer and M. Waller
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.
Keywords: Dental care/utilization
dental health surveys
oral health
outcome assessment (health care)
quality of life
Rights: © 2013 Australian Dental Association
DOI: 10.1111/adj.12060
Grant ID: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/299060
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/349514
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/349537
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/adj.12060
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