Bhuvana Durga Kolli, Srinivas Pachava, Devaki Talluri, Satya Madhuri Veligatla, Jhansi Patnala, Vishnu Kumar Selvaraj

Assessment of Self-Perceived Oral Health Status, Psychological Well-Being and Life Satisfaction among Geriatric Population

  • General Medicine
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Aims:This study aims to find out the association between self-perceived oral health status, psychological well-being and life satisfaction.Settings and Design:A cross-sectional study conducted on 400 geriatric people aged 60 years and above, residing in Tadikonda Mandal of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India.Subjects and Methods:Self-perceived oral health was assessed through self-rating of oral health, speaking ability index, chewing capability index, and psychosocial impact scale oral health impact profile. Life satisfaction was assessed through single-item question, How satisfied with your life as a whole with 4 point Likert scale. Psychological well-being was assessed through two domains: Perceived life stress and general health, i.e., anxiety and depression. People who were mentally retarded, bedridden and who were not interested to participate in the study are excluded.Statistical Analysis Used:Chi-square,t-test, one way ANOVA test, poison regression analysis.Results:A poison regression model with perceived life stress as outcome, depicted that good self-rated oral health subjects had significantly lower perceived life stress scores (prevalence rate ratio [PRR] = 0.762; 0.649–0.894) than poor self-rated oral health subjects which is constant 1. When the outcome was changed to general health in the model, subjects who self-rated oral health as good have lower depression scores (PRR = 0.763; 0.667–0.873) than subjects, who self-rated oral health as poor which is kept constant 1.Conclusions:Poorer psychological well-being and lower life satisfaction are co-existing within the poor self-perceived oral health group of elderly, where poor self-rated oral health was found to be an important mediator of quality of life.

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