ORAL HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN ELDERLY MEN

口腔疾病对老年人生活质量的影响不是很好 理解，部分原因是缺乏适当的措施。这个 建议的两年项目重点是验证和应用 口腔健康相关生活质量(OHQOL)的衡量标准。特别是， 我们将研究(1)OHQOL的相关性，包括临床和自我 报告口腔健康状况和口腔健康功能的测量结果，以及(2) OHQOL在口腔健康关系中的中介作用 状态和口腔健康行为。 该项目将利用来自697名参与者的现有数据 标准老龄化研究(NAS)，他们也参与了其牙科研究 牙科纵向研究(DLS)。1992年，NAS 参与者完成了关于他们口语质量的问卷调查 以及口腔健康问题和疼痛的自我报告。DLS 自那以后，参与者每三年接受一次临床牙科检查 这些考试还包括口腔功能的客观测量和 口腔健康行为问卷测评。 首先，我们将检查与口腔健康相关的一项指标的有效性 生活质量与自我报告和临床的关系研究 口腔健康状况的测量采用相关和回归方法。 接下来，我们将检查临床和自我报告之间的关系 口腔健康状况衡量行为，如牙科自我保健和 利用率，以及OHQOL如何使用普通和 Logistic回归。在整个过程中，我们将检验一般假设 对较差的OHQOL和利用率的最强预测因子是 这会导致口腔功能的最大主观减退 活动。 通过使用现有数据来验证与口腔健康相关的衡量标准 生活质量及其与牙齿护理行为的关系， 有助于提高个体主观性的测量水平 评估口腔疾病对生活质量的影响，并 增进我们对这类评估的贡献的了解 口腔健康行为，包括利用。

The impact of oral disease on quality of life in older adults is not well understood, in part because of the lack of adequate measures. The proposed two year project focuses on the validation and application of a measure of oral health related quality of life (OHQOL). In particular, we will examine (1) The correlates of OHQOL, including clinical and self report measures of oral health status and oral health function, and (2) The role of OHQOL as a mediator in the relationship between oral health status and oral health behaviors. The project will draw on existing data from 697 participants in the Normative Aging Study (NAS), who have also participated in its dental component, the Dental Longitudinal Study (DLS). In 1992, the NAS participants completed questionnaire measures about their oral quality of life, as well as self reports of oral health problems and pain. DLS participants have been receiving clinical dental exams triennially since 1969; these exams also include objective measures of oral function and questionnaire assessments of oral health behaviors. First, we will examine the validity of a measure of oral health related quality of life by studying its relationship to self report and clinical oral health status measures using correlation and regression methods. Next, we will examine the relationship of the clinical and self report oral health status measures to behaviors such as dental self care and utilization, and how they are mediated by OHQOL, using ordinary and logistic regression. Throughout, we will test the general hypothesis that the strongest predictors of poor OHQOL and of utilization are those which result in the greatest subjective decrements in oral function and activities. By using existing data to validate a measure of oral health related quality of life and to examine its relationship to dental care behaviors, we will help to improve the measurement of individual subjective assessments of the impact of oral disease on quality of life, and to increase our understanding of the contribution of such assessments to oral health behaviors, including utilization.