Title
Factors associated with oral health-related quality of life during pregnancy: a prospective observational study
Date Issued
01 December 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Gil-Montoya J.A.
Rivero T.
Expósito-Ruiz M.
Perez-Castillo I.
Aguilar-Cordero M.J.
Publisher(s)
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the evolution of perceived quality of life in relation to oral health during pregnancy and to determine the risk factors involved in this process. Methods: A follow-up study was carried out with pregnant Spanish women. Two oral examinations and an oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) assessment, using the OHIP-14 questionnaire, were performed in the first and third trimester of pregnancy. Data on sociodemographic characteristics, medical history, O’Sullivan Test measures, oral hygiene habits, history of caries, and periodontal status of participants were collected through structured medical-dental questionnaires. Results: A complete dataset comprising 246 pregnant women was available for analysis. Overall scores for negative impacts on the OHIP questionnaire were significantly higher during late pregnancy (74%). This indicated a deterioration in oral health-related quality of life amongst participants. Items describing “painful aching”, “self-consciousness”, “unsatisfactory diet”, and “interrupted meals” showed the greatest increase between the first and third trimester of gestation. Multivariate analysis showed that pre-gestational/gestational diabetes mellitus and poor oral hygiene habits during the first trimester of gestation were directly associated with worse oral health-related quality of life during the third trimester of gestation (hyperglycemia: OR 2.86; 95% CI 1.019–8.050: p = 0.043 / oral hygiene: OR 1.33; 95% CI 0.970–1.836; p = 0.076). Conclusions: In the present research, hyperglycemia during pregnancy and poor oral hygiene habits during the first trimester of gestation led to a higher risk of poor oral quality of life during late pregnancy.
Start page
3475
End page
3484
Volume
30
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Odontología, Cirugía oral, Medicina oral Salud pública, Salud ambiental Obstetricia, Ginecología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85105882456
PubMed ID
Source
Quality of Life Research
ISSN of the container
09629343
Sponsor(s)
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades - P117/02305 - MCIU Universidad de Granada - UGR We thank the participants for their collaboration in the present study as this made the research possible. We also thank the gynecologists and midwives of the “Virgen de las Nieves” hospital complex in Granada for their support in this project. This paper forms part of the doctoral thesis of X.A.L.R. which is being conducted as part of the Clinical Medicine and Public Health Doctoral Program at the University of Granada, Spain. The study was partially funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (Project FIS-ISCIII, P117/02305), and co-founded by FEDER, “investing in your future”.
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