Is the oral health-related quality of life associated with quality of life among pregnant Finnish families: a cross-sectional study

Authors

  • Katri Palo a Department of Community Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; b Dental Care, Primary Health Care, Social and Health Services, City of Vaasa, Finland
  • Mimmi Tolvanen a Department of Community Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; c Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
  • Hasse Karlsson d Department of Clinical Medicine, FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, Turku Brain and Mind Center, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; e Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; f Centre for Population Health Research, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
  • Linnea Karlsson d Department of Clinical Medicine, FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, Turku Brain and Mind Center, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; f Centre for Population Health Research, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; g Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
  • Satu Lahti a Department of Community Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; f Centre for Population Health Research, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1080/00016357.2021.1906441

Keywords:

Oral health, quality of life, family and pregnancy

Abstract

Objective

The objectives of this study was to find out if oral health-related quality of life and its dimensions (OHRQoL) are associated with overall quality of life (QoL) among mothers and fathers during pregnancy and whether these two constructs were associated within the family sharing the same living environment.

Material and methods

The data (mothers n = 2580, fathers n = 1467) for this cross-sectional data study were collected from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort study during 2011–2015. OHRQoL was measured using a 14-item Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) questionnaire and QoL by using the WHOQoL-Bref questionnaire. Spearman correlation coefficients were used to assess the statistical significance of the associations.

Results

OHRQoL was weakly associated at the individual level with the overall QoL (mothers r = 0.21, fathers r = 0.22, p < 0.001), but the correlations within families were low for QoL and OHRQoL.

Conclusions

Our findings suggest that overall QoL is a different construct than OHRQoL though slightly overlapping.

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Published

2021-10-03

Issue

Vol. 79 No. 7 (2021): Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

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