Rouxel, P;
Tsakos, G;
Chandola, T;
Watt, RG;
(2018)
Oral Health - A Neglected Aspect of Subjective Well-Being in Later Life.
The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
, 73
(3)
pp. 382-386.
10.1093/geronb/gbw024.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether oral health is a neglected aspect of subjective well-being (SWB) among older adults. The key research question was whether deterioration in oral health among dentate older adults living in England was associated with decreases in SWB, using measures of eudemonic, evaluative, and affective dimensions of well-being. METHODS: This secondary analysis used data from the third (2006-2007) and fifth (2010-2011) waves of respondents aged 50 and older from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). We fitted multivariable regression models to examine the effects of changes in oral impacts on daily life and edentulism (complete tooth loss) on SWB (quality of life, life satisfaction, and depressive symptomatology). RESULTS: A worsening in both oral health measures was associated with an increase in depressive symptoms even after adjusting for time-varying confounders including declining health, activities of daily living, and reduced social support. Becoming edentate was also associated with decreases in quality of life and life satisfaction. DISCUSSION: A deterioration in oral health and oral health-related quality of life increases the risk of depressive symptoms among older adults and highlights the importance of oral health as a determinant of subjective well-being in later life.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Oral Health - A Neglected Aspect of Subjective Well-Being in Later Life |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/geronb/gbw024 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbw024 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Aging, Depressive symptoms, Edentulous, Oral health, Quality of life, Subjective well-being |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1481267 |
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