Oral health‐related quality of life among an A ustralian sample of people who inject drugs

Bibliographic Data

ID13583605
AuthorsArthur Truong (Centre for Population Health Burnet Institute Melbourne VIC Australia, corresponding author), Peter Higgs (0000-0002-5587-5379, Centre for Population Health Burnet Institute Melbourne VIC Australia), Shelley Cogger (0000-0002-4649-5753, Centre for Population Health Burnet Institute Melbourne VIC Australia), Lisa Jamieson (0000-0001-9839-9280, Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health University of Adelaide Adelaide SA Australia), Lucy Burns (0000-0003-3178-8091, National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs), Lucinda Burns (National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre University of New South Wales Sydney NSW Australia), Paul Dietze (0000-0001-7871-6234, Centre for Population Health Burnet Institute Melbourne VIC Australia)
Year2015
Volume75
Issue3
Pages218-224
Publication date2015-03-10
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Public Health Dentistry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4006 • E-ISSN: 1752-7325
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jphd.12092
PMID25753928
OpenAlexW1836855533
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited27

PWID have poorer OHRQoL than the Australian general population. Poor OHRQoL was particularly common in female PWID and those with longer injecting careers. Interventions to improve the oral health of PWID may improve their OHRQoL

Environmental health · Family medicine · Incidence (geometry · Multivariate analysis · Odds ratio · Oral health · Population · Quality of life (healthcare · Demography · Dental Health and Care Utilization · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Oral microbiology and periodontitis research · Gerontology

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