Efectividad de uso de prótesis y calidad de vida en adultos mayores. Clínica UCSG semestre B-2017 A-2018.

Abstract

Introduction: Oral health is of great importance in the psychology of people, especially in the elderly adults, and to measure it several indicators or indices have been used, which have been introduced and validated in several countries and have even been made adaptations based on the conditions of each of them. Objective: To describe the perception of quality of life related to oral health in older adults. Materials and Methods: The sample size was about 66. 50 women and 16 men, who met the inclusion criteria, between 50 and 85 years of age, who were treated and delivered their total removable prosthesis in Dental Clinic of the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil in the semesters B-2017 and A-2018. All the patients were applied the survey called (GOHAI) in a set of questions. Results: A total score according to the GOHAI scale was presented between 41 to 50, with a frequency of 47 that is equivalent to 71.02% of the total questions, which gives us a result of an average perception of the patients with respect to CVRSO Conclusion: The present study presented as a final argument that the participants obtained a quality of life with respect to the CVRSO, it is also clear to us that the GOHAI continues to be one of the most used instruments in the quantification of the Quality of life related to Oral Health ( CVRSB).