| Abstract [eng] |
Relevance. In our society the amount of older patients is rising exponentialy. As a person gets older, the general and oral health demand more medical care. One of the ways to know how to help the geriatric patients is by knowing was how oral health impacts their quality of life. Aim of study. To determine the impact of oral and general health on the quality of life of seniors living in social care homes in metropolitan and provincial areas. Material and methods. There were 3 questionnaires that were used in this study: one about the sociodemographic factors, OHIP-14 (Oral Health Impact Profile) questionnaire about the impact of oral health to the quality of life and a WHO-BREF short questionnaire about the quality of life. Participants in the study were older than 65 years of age, who were in a good enough mental and physical health to take a part in the questionnaire. All of them had confirmed their participation by a written consent. All of the participants were devided into 2 groups. First group – the ones who live in social care homes in Vilnius city (metropolitan) and second group – the ones who live in social care homes in Utena city (provincial area). To analize the results Microsoft Office Excel 2019 and IBM SPSS 29.0.0.0. programs were used. Results. 200 seniors took part in the study, 66.5% of them were women. In Vilnius, the majority of the respondents had average incomes, in Utena - low incomes. Seniors living in social care homes in Vilnius have a higher level of education than seniors living in social care homes in Utena. General health made an important influence on seniors' ability to concentrate and on their negative emotions. General health was influenced by physical environment, living conditions, access to health services. Oral health influenced quality of life on the environmental scale. Conclusions. Seniors living in provincial social care homes had a lower impact on quality of life than seniors living in metropolitan social care homes.Seniors living in provincial social care homes had a higher impact on quality of life than seniors living in metropolitan social care homes. The impact of general health on quality of life was statistically significantly higher in the Environment scale for residents of provincial social care homes. |
