Is depression associated with periodontal status in elderly?

Leonel Ramonnd Ferreira Viana
Consuelo Penha Castro
Hellen-Bry Wanderley Pereira
Adriana de Fátima Vasconcelos Pereira
Fernanda Ferreira Lopes

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Publication date

October 2015

DOI

10.20396/bjos.v12i1.8641122

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Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Journal

Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences

Abstract

Aim: To examine whether the depression is associated with periodontitis in elderly and to evaluate oral hygiene of these patients. Methods: One hundred and ninety one individuals aged 60 years or more were randomly selected. Periodontal examination was performed in full mouth by probing depth and clinical attachment loss in 6 sites for each tooth. The Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI-S) per individual was also obtained. Depression was assessed by the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) to show how the elderly have been feeling during the last week. Results: Only SOHI was statistically significant (t = 4.7169, p<0.001), which better explains the variance in periodontal status. The variable GDS-15 revealed no significant values (t=0.3901, p...