Oral health in the EpiFloripa: a prospective study of adult health in Southern Brazil
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Peres, Karen G
Boing, Antonio Fernando
Bastos, Joao Luiz
Silva, Diego Augusto Santos
Gonzalez-Chica, David A
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Objective: To describe methods and challenges of oral health studies nested in a prospective cohort study of adults. Methods: A sample of 2, 016 adults was investigated in 2009. Household visits were performed in order to apply a questionnaire on socioeconomic, demographic, health related variables, medicine consumption, blood donation, domestic violence and a set of questions related to women's health. Oral health data included self-reported oral health, number of remaining teeth, dental services use, perception of dental treatment needs, occurrence, intensity and impact of dental pain on daily life, xerostomia and chewing impairment due to poor oral health. In addition, participants' blood pressure, weight, height and waist circumference were measured. The second wave of the study was carried out in 2012. A questionnaire on socioeconomic factors, quality of life, discriminatory experiences, 24-hour dietary recall and oral health aspects (the same used in 2009) was applied. In addition, blood pressure, weight, and waist circumference were measured and clinical oral health status was assessed (dental caries, tooth loss, and periodontal outcomes). Results: Participation rate was 85.3% (n = 1, 720) in 2009 and, among those, 1, 222 (71.1%) were followed up in 2012. Conclusions: The follow-up of this population will contribute in the elucidation of the potentially causal associations between oral outcomes and general chronic diseases.
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Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
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17
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© The Author(s) 2014. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Peres, MAO; Peres, KG; Boing, AF; Bastos, JL; Silva, DAS; Gonzalez-Chica, DA, Saúde bucal no EpiFloripa: estudo prospectivo das condições de saúde de adultos de Florianópolis, Sul do Brasil, Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, 2014, 17 (2), pp. 571-575