TITLE:
The Quality of Life for People with Parkinson’s Disease in Relation to Their Oral Health
AUTHORS:
Phablo Glewber Tôrres Bezerra, Samuel Rodrigo de Andrade Veras, Camila Caroline da Silva, Renato Mariano da Silva, Deivison Edson Pereira da Silva, Eduardo Borges da Costa Leite, Maria das Graças Wanderley de Sales Coriolano, Carla Cabral dos Santos Accioly Lins
KEYWORDS:
Parkinson’s Disease, Quality of Life, DMFT Index
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Stomatology,
Vol.8 No.11,
November
7,
2018
ABSTRACT: The present study aimed to evaluate the correlation between the oral health status and the quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease. The Decayed, Missing, Filled (DMFT) index and the quality of life questionnaire for people with Parkinson’s disease (Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire-39) were used as evaluation instruments. Sixty-two people with a clinical diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease between stages 1 and 3, age between 46 and 86 years, of both sexes, with an average time of disease evolution of 7 years, participated in the study. Data were evaluated using the Pearson’s correlation test, and one-way ANOVA (p