Oral health-related quality of life in children: Conceptual issues Avaliação da qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal em crianças: aspectos conceituais

Testing the applicability of a model of oral health-related quality of life Teste da aplicabilidade de um modelo de qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal Prueba de la aplicación de un modelo de calidad

O objetivo foi testar as vias diretas e mediadas do modelo de Wilson & Cleary entre as variáveis clínicas e não clínicas em relação à qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal. Uma amostra aleatória de 578 idosos foi avaliada. O modelo de Wilson & Cleary foi testado usando-se a modelagem de equações estruturais, incluindo: variáveis biológicas, sintomas, estado funcional, percepção da saúde b...

Quality of Life on Arterial Hypertension: Validity of Known Groups of MINICHAL

Introductions: In the care of hypertension, it is important that health professionals possess available tools that allow evaluating the impairment of the health-related quality of life, according to the severity of hypertension and the risk for cardiovascular events. Among the instruments developed for the assessment of health-related quality of life, there is the Mini-Cuestionario of Calidad d...

Oral health and quality of life: an epidemiological survey of adolescents from settlement in Pontal do Paranapanema/SP, Brazil Saúde bucal e qualidade de vida: um estudo epidemiológico de adolescentes de assentamento no Pontal do Paranapanema/SP, Brasil

Self-perception of oral health in older adults from an urban population in Lisbon, Portugal

OBJECTIVE To analyze if the self-perception of oral health in the urban context is associated with sociodemographic factors that interfere in the life quality of oral health. METHODS Cross-sectional study with convenience sample of older individuals (65 years old or more) enrolled in the Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde de Lisboa Norte (ACES Lisboa Norte - Health Centers Groupings North Lisbon...

Quality of life, socioeconomic and clinical factors, and physical exercise in persons living with HIV/AIDS

OBJECTIVE To analyze whether socioeconomic and clinical aspects and the aspects of healthy life habits are associated with the quality of life of persons living with HIV/AIDS. METHODS This is a cross-sectional exploratory quantitative research, with 227 persons living with HIV/AIDS, treated at two hospitals of reference between April 2012 and June 2014. We used structured questionnaires to as...