Oral health-related quality of life · people aged 60 years and older living in the community
Older adults in higher-HDI countries had better OHRQoL (high 79.9, 95% CI 74.4 to 85.5; very high 78.4, 95% CI 71.1 to 85.8) than those in medium-HDI countries (63.5, 95% CI 54.3 to 72.7); the difference by HDI was statistically significant (ungraded).
3 findings from 1 review
MEAN 79.9 [74.4, 85.5]
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
MEAN 63.5 [54.3, 72.7]
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
MEAN 78.4 [71.1, 85.8]
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
Oral health-related quality of life · people aged 60 years and older living in the community
OHRQoL did not differ significantly across country-level unemployment-rate categories; no pooled estimate was reported in the text (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Oral health-related quality of life · people aged 60 years and older living in the community
OHRQoL did not differ significantly across per-capita health-expenditure categories; no pooled estimate was reported in the text (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Oral health-related quality of life · people aged 60 years and older living in the community
OHRQoL did not differ significantly by country-level edentulism prevalence; no pooled estimate was reported in the text (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Oral health-related quality of life · people aged 60 years and older living in the community
Lower out-of-pocket health expenditure was associated with better OHRQoL (83.9, 95% CI 75.2 to 92.6 vs 67.5, 95% CI 58.5 to 76.5); the difference was statistically significant (ungraded).
2 findings from 1 review
MEAN 67.5 [58.5, 76.5]
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
MEAN 83.9 [75.2, 92.6]
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
Oral health-related quality of life · people aged 60 years and older living in the community
Lower country-level dental caries prevalence was associated with better OHRQoL (low-prevalence pooled mean 81.5, 95% CI 76.5 to 86.6, higher than high-prevalence countries); statistically significant (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
MEAN 81.5 [76.5, 86.6]
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · Adolescents (10-19 years)
Malocclusions probably have a negative effect on OHRQoL in adolescents, after adjustment for confounders (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Impaired OHRQoL, qualitative synthesis: relative effect not estimable across the 13 studies (13,864 participants); moderate quality of evidence (GRADE).
13 studies · 13864 participants
Moderate
Oral health-related quality of life · Indian children aged 3-5 years
In children aged 3-5 years, early childhood caries was significantly associated with poorer OHRQoL (narrative; 3 studies); ungraded.
1 finding from 1 review