CoDASPub Date : 2024-08-05eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/20242023241pt
Ândrea de Melo Boaz, Rudimar Dos Santos Riesgo, Pricila Sleifer
{"title":"Normative values to Horus® computerized posturography in children.","authors":"Ândrea de Melo Boaz, Rudimar Dos Santos Riesgo, Pricila Sleifer","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242023241pt","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242023241pt","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Propose normalization values of the Horus® computerized posturography platform, in children aged 4 to 6 years, without auditory and/or vestibular complaints.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cross-sectional study, 216 children aged 4 to 6 years participated. All the children underwent to visual screening, audiological evaluation and computerized posturography, which consists of research on stability limits and seven sensory conditions. The results were statistically analyzed using the tests non-parametric Kruskal-Walli, post hoc Dunn-Bonferroni for pairwise age comparisons and the Mann-Whitney U for sex analysis. Categorical data were presented in relative frequency and quantitative data in mean and standard deviation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Standardization values were described for the stability limit and for the seven sensory conditions. There was a difference for the stability limit between sex at 4 years old(p<0.007) and, in the comparison between ages 4 and 5 (p=0.005) and 4 and 6 years old(p<0.001). In the residual functional balance, comparison between ages, there was a difference between 4 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 6 years, however for different data. The presence of statistical difference for different evaluation data also occurred in the analysis by sex. In the sensory systems, the findings between ages showed differences for the vestibular system, right and left optokinetic visual dependence, tunnel visual dependence and for the composite balance index.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It was possible to establish normative values for the Horus® posturography in healthy children aged 4 to 6 years.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"36 5","pages":"e20230241"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11340877/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141898620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoDASPub Date : 2024-08-05eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/20242023068pt
Alba Miranda Beserra Gurgel Sena, Bárbara Louise Costa Messias, Roberta Louise Mariano Bezerra, Anna Irenne de Lima Azevedo, Hellen França Alcantara, Cíntia Alves Salgado Azoni
{"title":"Phonological remediation effects on a child with giftedness and developmental dyslexia.","authors":"Alba Miranda Beserra Gurgel Sena, Bárbara Louise Costa Messias, Roberta Louise Mariano Bezerra, Anna Irenne de Lima Azevedo, Hellen França Alcantara, Cíntia Alves Salgado Azoni","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242023068pt","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242023068pt","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Twice-exceptionality is characterized as the presence of high performance concomitantly with deficiencies or incompatible conditions. An example is when giftedness manifest associated with neurodevelopmental disorders. This study is a clinical case report referring to the evaluative and interventional process of a 9- year-old child with the paradoxical combination of giftedness associated with dyslexia. It aims to compare the performance in phonological processing, reading and writing before and after phonological remediation. In the first assessment, the child demonstrated alphabetic level in reading, a transition phase between syllabic-alphabetic and alphabetical writing levels, and below-expected performance in phonological processing skills. After intervention, the results showed consistent improvements in phonological processing, the consolidation of alphabetical writing and orthographic reading level. In general, children with isolated dyslexia have persistent difficulties in several skills after intervention. The evolution shown after phonological remediation, especially at reading level, shows different characteristics than expected. Thus, it can be concluded that twice-exceptionality may have favored the overcoming of some of the shown difficulties more successfully. Studies on these combined conditions can contribute to a better understanding of this framework during the development of learning and to formulate specialized interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"36 3","pages":"e20230068"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11340868/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141898566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoDASPub Date : 2024-08-05eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/20242024030pt
Sandra Raquel de Melo Gomes, Mirelly Sabrina Santos Silva, Andréa Rodrigues Motta, Estevam Barbosa de Las Casas, Renata Maria Moreira Moraes Furlan
{"title":"Factors related to early weaning in babies born at term in a public maternity.","authors":"Sandra Raquel de Melo Gomes, Mirelly Sabrina Santos Silva, Andréa Rodrigues Motta, Estevam Barbosa de Las Casas, Renata Maria Moreira Moraes Furlan","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242024030pt","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242024030pt","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>to analyze how socioeconomic, pregnancy and childbirth factors relate to the feeding situation in the sixth month of life of full-term babies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>longitudinal observational study, with 98 mothers of full-term babies. Data collection was structured by capturing information regarding the clinical history and moment of birth in the babies' medical records, followed by the application of two questionnaires to the postpartum women, with questions regarding sociodemographic data, pre- and post-pregnancy data and the baby's nutrition. baby, the first being answered during hospital stay and the second, by telephone, in the 6th month of life. A descriptive analysis of the data was performed, using the frequency distribution of categorical variables, inferential analysis using Pearson's Chi-square test and multivariate analysis using binary logistic regression, adopting, for inclusion in the final model, the significance level of 5%.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>there was an association between exclusive breastfeeding in the 6th month and maternal education and between the period of food introduction and family income. Mothers with higher education were 4.82 times more likely to breastfeed their children exclusively until the sixth month. Families with lower income (up to one minimum wage) were 2.54 times more likely to start food introduction before the sixth month than families with higher income.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>higher maternal education was a predictive factor for exclusive breastfeeding at the 6th month and higher military income was a predictive factor for introducing food after the 6th month.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"36 5","pages":"e20240030"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11340870/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141898569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoDASPub Date : 2024-08-05eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/20242023239pt
Raquel Fabiane Nogueira, Saul Martins Paiva, Larissa Carcavalli, Ivana Meyer Prado, Mirian Castro-Braga, Lucas Guimarães Abreu, Júnia Maria Serra-Negra
{"title":"Factors associated with the anxiety score of deaf and hearing mothers.","authors":"Raquel Fabiane Nogueira, Saul Martins Paiva, Larissa Carcavalli, Ivana Meyer Prado, Mirian Castro-Braga, Lucas Guimarães Abreu, Júnia Maria Serra-Negra","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242023239pt","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242023239pt","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To associate maternal anxiety with sociodemographic factors, breastfeeding practices, oral habits, and the child's entry into daycare among deaf and hearing (non-deaf) mothers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective comparative cross-sectional study included 116 mothers (29 deaf and 87 hearing) of children aged between two and five years. Deaf mothers belonged to a reference center in the city, while hearing mothers were contacted in public daycares where their children were enrolled. Mothers underwent interviews covering socio-economic factors and child development-related aspects. Additionally, they completed the Brazilian Beck Anxiety Inventory, adapted for both deaf and hearing individuals, serving as instruments to assess anxiety. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test, Kruskal Wallis test, Mann-Whitney test, and Poisson Regression were employed for statistical analyses (p<0.05).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Deaf mothers exhibited anxiety scores one and a half times higher than hearing mothers. Moreover, mothers of children with thumb-sucking habits showed higher anxiety scores, while mothers whose children started attending daycare as infants demonstrated lower anxiety scores compared to mothers of children without such habits and who did not attend daycare.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Deaf mothers displayed higher anxiety levels when compared to hearing mothers. Children's behaviors, such as thumb-sucking habits, and early enrollment in daycare during the first year of life influenced maternal anxiety.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"36 5","pages":"e20230239"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11340874/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141898568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoDASPub Date : 2024-08-02eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/20242023181en
Lys Maria Allestein Gondim, Débora Lüders, Milena Kovalski Oliveira, Cristiano Miranda de Araújo, Adriana Bender Moreira de Lacerda
{"title":"Hearing Health at School: analysis of knowledge, behaviors and attitudes of Southern-Brazilian children and adolescents on noise.","authors":"Lys Maria Allestein Gondim, Débora Lüders, Milena Kovalski Oliveira, Cristiano Miranda de Araújo, Adriana Bender Moreira de Lacerda","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242023181en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242023181en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>to analyze the knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes of students on noise.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used an observational method study, in 32 Schools from Itajaí/Brazil, with a convenience sample, comprising 1,835 students, 45.7% females and 54.3% males, mean age of 11.53 ± 0.8 years, was conducted. The Portuguese version of Dangerous Decibels® questionnaire was applied. For the data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics were used, significance level of 5%.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A large part of the sample part of the sample had harmful hearing habits; 62.6% reported knowledge on the subject, but only 25.4% answered the questions on the theme correctly; 58.9% reported that they did not know how to protect hearing if necessary. Regarding sex and age: males have more hazardous hearing habits (p < 0.001) and tinnitus complaint (p<0.001) and females have more knowledge (p < 0.001) and the intent to wear hearing protection (p<0.001), greater intention to wear hearing protection among younger students (10 and 11 years old) (p < 0.001), and the older ones (12 to 16 years old) get more exposed to noise (p < 0.001), and there are more tinnitus complaints (p < 0.05) among them.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A large part of the students in the study has hazardous noisy habits and scarce knowledge on the theme, with males and older subjects showing the worst attitudes and behaviors in face of the potential hearing risk caused by exposure to high noise levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"36 5","pages":"e20230181"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11340879/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141898570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoDASPub Date : 2024-08-02eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/20242023087pt
Kenya Ayo-Kianga da Silva Faustino, Felipe Moreti, Mara Behlau
{"title":"Self-perception of voice and knowledge of vocal health and hygiene in Candomblé religious leaders in Brazil.","authors":"Kenya Ayo-Kianga da Silva Faustino, Felipe Moreti, Mara Behlau","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242023087pt","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242023087pt","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To verify possible complaints, voice and aerodigestive symptoms, singing voice handicap, and knowledge of vocal health and hygiene in Candomblé religious leaders in Brazil.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study comprised 112 individuals who filled out a questionnaire with their identification and characterization, the stratified classification of their professional activities, and their self-perception of voice. Three self-assessment protocols - VoiSS, QSHV, and MSHI - were also used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The self-assessment of voice ranged from average to good. VoiSS mean total score was 23.04, which is above the cutoff. QSHV mean score was 23.54 points, which is near the cutoff. MSHI mean score (the perception of singing voice handicap) was 25.66 points. There was a substantially strong positive correlation between VoiSS and MSHI total scores (0.789; p<0.001). Women had higher limitation scores (p=0.012) and total scores (p=0.012) in VoiSS and higher handicap scores (p=0.038) in MSHI. Level I professionals - vocal elite (singers and actors) - had significantly higher QSHV scores than those in levels IV (p=0.010) and V (p=0.008). Most respondents had not visited an otorhinolaryngologist (89.29%) within the last year and had not been submitted to speech therapy (83.04%) for voice complaints.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Candomblé leaders, particularly women, perceived voice symptoms and singing voice handicaps, with no relationship with their knowledge of vocal health and hygiene. Despite the complaints, most subjects reported not having visited health professionals responsible for voice care within the last year.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"36 4","pages":"e20230087"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11340867/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141898567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoDASPub Date : 2024-08-02eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/20242023333en
Elisa Meiti Ribeiro Lin Plec, Viviane Souza Bicalho Bacelete, Marco Aurélio Rocha Santos, Ana Cristina Côrtes Gama
{"title":"Laryngeal photobiomodulation: application sites, interferences from body mass index and skin phototype.","authors":"Elisa Meiti Ribeiro Lin Plec, Viviane Souza Bicalho Bacelete, Marco Aurélio Rocha Santos, Ana Cristina Côrtes Gama","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242023333en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242023333en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Establish points on the neck, correspondent to the laryngeal topography, where to apply Low Level Light therapy (LLLT), to evaluate the incidence of light through variables such as skin phototype and body mass index (BMI).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a cross-sectional, analytical, observational study, carried out with 15 vocally healthy women, between 18 and 50 years of age, who were divided into three groups, according to BMI and skin phototype. Six anatomical reference points were established to locate the larynx and its musculature, with visual monitoring by videonasolaryngoscopy, to assess light reach (present/absent) and degree of illumination (from very weak to very strong) in the larynx during the LASER application at doses of 3J, 6J and 9J. A flexible endoscope was used for visual monitoring during the LASER application, and subsequent image analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The light reached the larynx at doses of 3J, 6J and 9J, in the anterior commissure of the vocal folds, membranous (thyroarytenoid muscle) and cartilaginous portions of the vocal fold and the cricothyroid muscle. The degree of LASER light illumination decreased in overweight and obese participants and increased in moderate brown and dark brown skin phototypes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Data suggest that the LLLT penetrates differently according to skin phototype and BMI, being more evident in individuals with Fitzpatrick IV and V phototypes and less evident with higher BMI levels. The evidence that the LASER light reaches the larynx in specific anatomical points provides direction for the standardization of its use in voice practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"36 5","pages":"e20230333"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11340875/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141898571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of the age and gender, and the complexity of the syntactic unit in the perception of affective emotions in voice.","authors":"Baiba Trinite, Anita Zdanovica, Daiga Kurme, Evija Lavrane, Ilva Magazeina, Anita Jansone","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242024009en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242024009en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The study aimed to identify (1) whether the age and gender of listeners and the length of vocal stimuli affect emotion discrimination accuracy in voice; and (2) whether the determined level of expression of perceived affective emotions is age and gender-dependent.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Thirty-two age-matched listeners listened to 270 semantically neutral voice samples produced in neutral, happy, and angry intonation by ten professional actors. The participants were required to categorize the auditory stimulus based on three options and judge the intensity of emotional expression in the sample using a customized tablet web interface.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The discrimination accuracy of happy and angry emotions decreased with age, while accuracy in discriminating neutral emotions increased with age. Females rated the intensity level of perceived affective emotions higher than males across all linguistic units. These were: for angry emotions in words (z = -3.599, p < .001), phrases (z = -3.218, p = .001), and texts (z = -2.272, p = .023), for happy emotions in words (z = -5.799, p < .001), phrases (z = -4.706, p < .001), and texts (z = -2.699, p = .007).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Accuracy in perceiving vocal expressions of emotions varies according to age and gender. Young adults are better at distinguishing happy and angry emotions than middle-aged adults, while middle-aged adults tend to categorize perceived affective emotions as neutral. Gender also plays a role, with females rating expressions of affective emotions in voices higher than males. Additionally, the length of voice stimuli impacts emotion discrimination accuracy.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"36 5","pages":"e20240009"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11340876/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141753094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoDASPub Date : 2024-06-24eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/20242023108pt
Christyann Lima Campos Batista, Alex Luiz Pozzobon Pereira
{"title":"Influence of Neonatal Ankyloglossia on exclusive breastfeeding in the six first months of life: a cohort study.","authors":"Christyann Lima Campos Batista, Alex Luiz Pozzobon Pereira","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242023108pt","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242023108pt","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To analyze the influence of ankyloglossia on the prevalence and duration of exclusive breastfeeding of full-term infants up to the sixth month of life.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Prospective cohort study, carried out with 225 mother-infant dyads who were followed up in the first six months of life in a center specialized in breastfeeding in a tertiary hospital. Full-term infants with asymptomatic ankyloglossia (no need for surgery) were compared with infants without change at monthly follow-up. Ankyloglossia was diagnosed using the Bristol Tongue Assessment Tool, with a positive diagnosis being considered for those with a score less than or equal to 5 considering functional and anatomical aspects. Statistical analyzes were performed using descriptive statistics, logistic regression (weaning determinants), relative risk, and survival curves (to analyze breastfeeding duration between groups with and without ankyloglossia).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ankyloglossia was associated with weaning (considered even partial) before the sixth month of life. After adjusted analysis, a higher risk of weaning was detected in infants with this alteration, with a risk present from the second month of life. In the survival analysis, the duration of breastfeeding in infants with ankyloglossia was shorter when compared to children without alterations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Compared to infants with normal lingual frenulum, babies with ankyloglossia had shorter exclusive breastfeeding time, but well above the average observed in the general population. The risk of weaning for this group was also higher.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"36 3","pages":"e20230108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC467001/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141451888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoDASPub Date : 2024-06-21eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/20242023072pt
Marina de Macedo Aquino, Rafaela Soares Rech, Alexandre Baumgarten, Bárbara Niegia Garcia de Goulart
{"title":"Association between number of teeth, dental prostheses, and self-reported dysphagia in brazilian old people: a population-based study.","authors":"Marina de Macedo Aquino, Rafaela Soares Rech, Alexandre Baumgarten, Bárbara Niegia Garcia de Goulart","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242023072pt","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/20242023072pt","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To investigate the association between the number of permanent teeth and the use of removable dental prostheses with self-reported dysphagia occurrence in individuals aged 60 years or older.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted with 5,432 old individuals who participated in the baseline of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Elderly Health (ELSI-Brazil). The outcome \"dysphagia\" was associated with the number of permanent teeth and the use of removable dental prostheses. Sociodemographic independent variables (age, sex, and race/ethnicity) and clinical history variables (no morbidity, one morbidity, or more than two morbidities) were analyzed using Poisson Regression with robust variance and their respective 95% confidence intervals (CI).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence of self-reported dysphagia in non-institutionalized old individuals was 30%. The group of old individuals with 10 - 19 natural teeth showed a 52% increased risk of self-reported dysphagia complaint (PRadj 1,565 IC95% 1,34;1,826) compared to their counterparts with more teeth.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>An association was found between a lower number of teeth and removable prostheses with the occurrence of dysphagia.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"36 4","pages":"e20230072"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11296669/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141451889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}