TY - JOUR AU - Rovida, Tânia Adas Saliba AU - Prado, Rosana Leal do AU - Joaquim, Renata Colturato AU - Tano, Luiz Fernando AU - Garbin, Cléa Adas Saliba PY - 2015/10/22 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Elderly caregivers at long-stay institutions: quality of life and temporomandibular dysfunction JF - Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences JA - Braz. J. Oral Sci. VL - 14 IS - 3 SE - Article DO - UR - https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/bjos/article/view/8641289 SP - 204-208 AB - Aim: To assess the profile, quality of life and the presence of Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) in elderly caregivers. Methods: Thirty-nine caregivers who worked in six long-stay institutions for the elderly in three different municipalities participated in the study. The research instruments were the WHOQOL-BREF, the Fonseca questionnaire and the socio-demographic questionnaire. The Kruskal-Wallis test with the Dunn’s correction was performed at a level of 5%. Results: Females accounted for 94.9% of the sample. The average monthly wage was R$ 832.00. The average working week was 39 hours. The WHOQOL dominions showed the following averages: 74.25 Physical; 70.33 Psychological; 65.79 Social Affairs; 58.38 Environment. Mild DTM was present in 43.6% of the caregivers, of which 7.7% were moderate, 5.2% severe, 23.0% of the professionals were asymptomatic and 20.5% did not answer. The association between TMD and the quality of life showed p=0.6752. Conclusions: It was concluded that there was no relationship between the quality of life and symptoms of temporomandibular dysfunction among the caregivers of elderly in this study. ER -