Miguel Konradt Mascarenhas, Mariana G Cademartori, Rafaela do Carmo Borges, Maria Cristina Gonzalez, Renata M Bielemann, William Murray Thomson, Flávio Fernando Demarco
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Abstract
Objectives: This study investigated the prevalence and associations of xerostomia in older adults in southern Brazil.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Pelotas, Brazil, during 2014. A representative sample of the city's older adult population (60+) was selected. The dependent variable was self-reported feeling of dry mouth in the past 6 months. Covariates included socio-economic status, schooling, gender, age, tobacco and alcohol consumption, polypharmacy, hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, depression, dentition status and use of removable dental prostheses. Descriptive analysis was carried out, and Poisson regression was used to obtain prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals. Analyses used STATA 15.1.
Results: Most of the 1451 participants were female (63.3%). The prevalence of xerostomia was 36.7% (95% CI 34.3-39.1). Adjusted analysis showed that xerostomia was significantly more common among females (PR 1.44, 95% CI 1.22-1.74), those with less schooling (PR 1.31, 95% CI 1.10-1.51), those exposed to polypharmacy (PR 1.22, 95% CI 1.05-1.37), people with arthritis (PR 1.42, 95% CI 1.23-1.61) and those with depression symptoms (PR 1.45, 95% CI 1.23-1.70).
Conclusion: Xerostomia is common among older adults. Health workers need to pay attention to its associated factors for early identification and promotion of appropriate interventions, particularly the rational use of medicines.
期刊介绍:
The ultimate aim of Gerodontology is to improve the quality of life and oral health of older people. The boundaries of most conventional dental specialties must be repeatedly crossed to provide optimal dental care for older people. In addition, management of other health problems impacts on dental care and clinicians need knowledge in these numerous overlapping areas. Bringing together these diverse topics within one journal serves clinicians who are seeking to read and to publish papers across a broad spectrum of specialties. This journal provides the juxtaposition of papers from traditional specialties but which share this patient-centred interest, providing a synergy that serves progress in the subject of gerodontology.