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Country-level periodontal disease prevalence (Global Burden of Disease) vs Low vs high periodontal disease prevalence: Oral health-related quality of life
- Population
- people aged 60 years and older living in the community
- Intervention
- Country-level periodontal disease prevalence (Global Burden of Disease)
- Comparison
- Low vs high periodontal disease prevalence
- Outcome
- Oral health-related quality of life
OHRQoL did not differ significantly by country-level periodontal disease prevalence; no pooled estimate was reported in the text (ungraded).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Country-level periodontal disease prevalence (Global Burden of Disease) vs Low vs high periodontal disease prevalence Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL sum score, transformed 0-100) · Community-dwelling elderly persons aged ≥60 years · Community-dwelling older adults across 25 countries, Across periodontal disease prevalence categories OHRQoL did not differ significantly by country-level periodontal disease prevalence; no pooled estimate was reported in the text (ungraded). Association between oral health-related quality of life and structural determinants of health among elderly… (2025) All outcomes | No statistically significant difference in OHRQoL based on periodontal disease prevalence (Fig. 4b). | Not reported | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Association between oral health-related quality of life and structural determinants of health among elderly populations. a systematic… 2025 All outcomes | 23 August 2024 (records from January 2014 onward) | 6 | Not applicable |
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