Impacto dos problemas de saúde bucal na qualidade de vida de gestantes

Objetivos: 1) Avaliar o impacto dos problemas de saude bucal na qualidade de vida de gestantes por meio do questionario OHIP-14, bem como a presenca de carie dentaria, doenca periodontal e uso e necessidades de proteses em gestantes; 2) associar as variaveis sociodemograficas e condicoes de saude bucal encontradas no exame clinico com o OHIP-14. Metodos: Alem da aplicacao do questionario OHIP-14, realizou-se uma avaliacao clinica das condicoes bucais (indices: IPC, CPO-D e avaliacao protetica) em 51 gestantes que procuraram atendimento odontologico junto a Clinica de Odontologia Preventiva, no periodo de abril de 2008 a agosto de 2010. Realizaram-se analises descritivas para caracterizacao da amostra, analise bivariada (teste de Qui-Quadrado ou Exato de Fisher) e regressao logistica multipla em nivel de significância de 5% para analisar a associacao entre o impacto da saude bucal na qualidade de vida de gestantes e as variaveis sociodemograficas e clinicas. Resultados: Os dados do OHIP-14 mostraram menor impacto da saude bucal na qualidade de vida. O CPOD medio foi 12,8; 70,6% das gestantes apresentavam calculo dental e 58,8% necessitavam de protese. A associacao entre OHIP-14 e ultima visita ao dentista e CPOD permaneceram no modelo final de regressao (p Objectives: 1) to evaluate the impact of oral health problems on the quality of life of pregnant women by the simplified Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) questionnaire as well by the presence of dental caries, periodontal disease and denture use/need; 2) to correlate the sociodemographic variables and the oral health conditions revealed in the clinical examinations with the OHIP-14. Method: In addition to the application of the OHIP-14 questionnaire, clinical examination of the oral conditions (CPI - community periodontal index, DMFT and prosthetic evaluation) was performed on 51 pregnant women, who sought dental treatment between April 2008 and August 2010 at the Preventive Dentistry Clinic. Descriptive analyses were made for sample characterization, bivariate analysis (chi-square or FisherAEs exact tests) and multiple logistic regressions at a 5% significance level to assess the correlation between the impact of oral health on the quality of life of pregnant women and the socio-demographic and clinical variables. Results: The OHIP-14 data showed a lesser impact of oral health on the womenAEs quality of life. The mean DMFT was 12.8; 70.6% of the pregnant women presented dental calculus and 58.8% needed prostheses. The association between OHIP-14 data and last dental visit and DMFT remained in the final regression model (p