چکیده مقاله
Objectives: To explore oral health related quality of life and its correlates among low income human immunodeficiency virus HIV positive patients receiving primary HIV care Methods: Data were from a randomized experimental trial evaluating an interven tion to increase use of oral health services by low income HIV positive adults Inter views were conducted in English or Spanish among 594 adults receiving HIV medical care but not dental care Oral healthrelated quality of life was measured with the 49 item Oral Health Impact Profile OHIP 49 Primary predictor variables included measures of HIV disease: duration of HIV infection, CD4 cell count, and HIV viral load Other predictors included sociodemographic and behavioral factors Results: Overall, 62 6 percent of participants had experienced at least one oral health impact very often or fairly often in the 4 weeks preceding the survey, with a mean of 5 8 impacts The mean number of impacts was significantly higher for women, the unemployed, those living in temporary housing, and current smokers Neither the prevalence nor the mean number of impacts differed significantly by duration of HIV infection, CD4 T lymphocyte cell count, or HIV viral load In bivariate analysis, women had higher mean OHIP 49 scores than men overall 62 6 versus 50 5, P
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نویسندگان
AmirMohammad Baghi
Department of Dentistry, Near East University, Nicosia, North Cyprus
Samin Nikakhtar
Department of Pharmacy, Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus
شیوه ارجاع
Baghi, AmirMohammad and Nikakhtar, Samin,1399,Examination of oral health and quality of life associated with low-income adults with HIV,3rd International Conference on Health, Treatment and Health Promotion
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