Authors : Vikas Vaibhav, Vikas Vaibhav, Kunal Kumar, Kunal Kumar, Rachna Raj, Rachna Raj, Abhinav Kumar Singh, Abhinav Kumar Singh, Gunjan Kedia, Gunjan Kedia
DOI : 10.18231/j.aprd.2020.031
Volume : 6
Issue : 3
Year : 2020
Page No : 149-152
Introduction: Edentulism is loss of all natural teeth. Depression increases the risk of poor oral health especially in elderly population with edentulism. This study was done to evaluate edentulism in elderly subjects and its association with depression.
Materials and Methods: This prospective study included 530 completely edentulous patients. Personal Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8) was administered to all patients to assess the depression level. Parameters such as marital status, education, socio- economic status were also recorded.
Results: Out of 530 patients, males were 270 and females were 260. 265 patients had education up to primary standard, 150 had high and 115 had secondary standard, 270 had low socio- economic status, 180 had middle and 80 had high socio- economic status, 518 were married and 12 were unmarried. The difference was statistically significant (P< 0 CI=1.02–1.18), xss=removed CI=1.20–2.38) CI=1.26–2.06).>
Conclusion: Authors found that edentulism was more prevalent among patients with poor socio- economic status, married and patients with education level upto primary level. Most of the patients had depression symptoms, thus suggesting association of depression with tooth loss.
Keywords: Depression, Edentulism, Psychiatric illness.