ArticleBMC oral health2012
Oral health-related quality of life, sense of coherence and dental anxiety: an epidemiological cross-sectional study of middle-aged women.
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- Influence of sense of coherence on oral health-related quality of life: a systematic review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2018Pooled it
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- Reliability and Validity of the Dental Anxiety Question Used With Children.Anesthesia progress · 2022Article
- Oral-Health-Related Quality of Life and Anxiety in Orthodontic Patients with Conventional Brackets.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Dental Anxiety and Oral-Health-Related Quality of Life among Rural Community-Dwelling Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- The impact of interpersonal racism on oral health related quality of life among Indigenous South Australians: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2021Article
- Oral health and dental anxiety in a German practice-based sample.Clinical oral investigations · 2017Article
- Service evaluation of a nurse-led dental anxiety management service for adult patients.British dental journal · 2016Article
- Associations between adult attachment and: oral health-related quality of life, oral health behaviour, and self-rated oral health.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2016Article
- Associations between dental anxiety, sense of coherence, oral health-related quality of life and health behavior--a national Swedish cross-sectional survey.BMC oral health · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundFew publications report on the relationship between salutogenesis, as measured by the concept of sense of coherence, and oral health-related quality of life. Even less information is to be found when the behavioural aspect of dental anxiety is added. The aim of the present study was to evaluate how oral health-related quality of life is related to sense of coherence and dental anxiety.
methodThe study had a cross-sectional design and included 500 randomly selected women in Gothenburg, Sweden, 38 and 50 years of age, from health examinations in 2004-05. The survey included questionnaires covering global questions concerning socio-economic status, oral health/function and dental care behaviour, and tests of oral health-related quality of life, sense of coherence, and dental anxiety.
resultsHigh dental anxiety and low sense of coherence predicted low oral health-related quality of life. In addition, socioeconomic status as measured by income, perceived oral functional status as captured by chewing ability and self-reported susceptibility to periodontal disease were also important predictors of oral health-related quality of life.
conclusionDental anxiety and sense of coherence had an inverse relationship with regard to oral health-related quality of life. These associations were stronger than other risk factors for low oral health-related quality of life.
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