Poor Dental Status and Oral Hygiene Practices in Institutionalized Older People in Northeast Brazil

Table 3

Bivariate analysis of variables associated with the number of decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) in institutionalized older people in northeast Brazil.

Variable	Mean DMFT	Standard deviation	P-value
Sex
Male	29.0	5.10	.03
Female	30.5	3.31
Age (years)
65–74	28.7	5.27	.05
75–84	30.3	3.64
≥85	31.5	1.12
Marital status
Single/widower/divorced	29.7	4.36	.91
Married	29.6	4.45
Time in institution
0–5 years	29.2	4.88	.17
6–10 years	30.0	3.97
>10 years	30.5	3.39
General literacy level
Illiterate	30.8	3.14	.03
Literate	29.6	4.14
Practices any type of oral hygiene
No	28.4	5.07	.24
Yes	29.9	4.25
Who does the oral hygiene
Older people	29.6	4.48	.08
Carer	30.9	3.24
Use of tooth brush
No	30.4	3.69	.06
Yes	29.1	4.84
Received health education on oral hygiene
No	29.0	5.35	.18
Yes	30.0	3.75
Regular tooth brushing after meals
No	29.1	4.59	.12
Yes	30.2	4.13
Frequency of oral hygiene per day
None	28.4	5.07	.41
Once	29.8	4.05
Twice	30.5	3.25
Three times or more	28.8	5.76