Kondisi gigi yang masih lengkap mempengaruhi kualitas hidup manula di Kota Makassar (Condition of complete dentition affects the quality of life of the elderly in Makassar )

Authors

Prastuti Wulandari Kosasih, Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Hasanuddin Makassar, IndonesiaFollow
Eri H. Jubhari, Bagian Prostodonsia Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Hasanuddin Makassar, IndonesiaFollow

Abstract

Aging is a natural process which causes physical, psychological, and social deteriorations, so it can cause problems to
the elderly, especially health problems in Makassar. The local office of Health Department in Makassar determined the
optimum degree of health in accordance with result of indicators of Healthy Indonesia 2010 which were indicated by
the dental and oral health as an element of the quality of life. This research aims to observe the effect of complete
dentition on the quality of life of the elderly in Makassar. With the observational analytic study using a cross-sectional
design, the sample were chosen from the elderly who inhabit and settle in Makassar, South Sulawesi, above 60 years
old and had
≥ 20 teeth. The primary data were collected using OHIP-14 questionnaire. The results of simple linear
regression test using SPSS version 22 indicate that the elderly with complete dentition have a significance level of
0.003 which is smaller compared with the significance criteria (0.05). It was concluded that the condition of complete
dentition affect the quality of life of the elderly in Makassar.

Recommended Citation

Kosasih, Prastuti Wulandari and Jubhari, Eri H. (2014) "Kondisi gigi yang masih lengkap mempengaruhi kualitas hidup manula di Kota Makassar (Condition of complete dentition affects the quality of life of the elderly in Makassar )," Dentofasial: Vol. 13: Iss. 3, Article 7.
DOI: 10.15562/jdmfs.v13i3.409
Available at: https://scholarhub.unhas.ac.id/dentofasial/vol13/iss3/7

Pages

165-169

Rights

©2016Prastuti Wulandari Kosasih, Eri H. Jubhari

DOI

10.15562/jdmfs.v13i3.409