Lifestyle and quality of life in users of an odontological clinic of são paulo
International Journal of Development Research
Lifestyle and quality of life in users of an odontological clinic of são paulo
Received 19th August 2017; Received in revised form 20th September, 2017; Accepted 15th October, 2017; Published online 30th November, 2017
Copyright ©2017, Jaqueline H. Albuquerque et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: To investigate the profile of users of a dental clinic associated to lifestyle and quality of life related to health. Method: Cross-sectional observational study with participants of both sexes. Quality of Life (QoL) and Lifestyle (EV) evaluation, socioeconomic assessment and Caries, Lost and Sealed indexes were used. Results: There were 68 participants with average age of 47.16 ± 12.78. The distribution according to sex was balanced, with a predominance of social classes B2 (29.4%) and C1 (32.4%). Regarding Lifestyle, 54.5% was Good, 23.5% regular and 20.6% Very Good. Regarding quality of life, the best results were in the areas of Functional Capacity, followed by Pain and General Status For the CPOD Index, the average of the overall score was 16.57 ± 6.94%. From the possible associations, there was a weak correlation between the DMFT index and the age in the total score and in the obturated and healthy items, we observed a very weak and weak inverse correlation, respectively. Conclusion: The predominant profile of dental clinic users was with Good Life Style (54.4%). Negative results were observed with regard to Social Aspects, Vitality and Mental Health.
