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This study aims to compare some oral health parameters and quality of life in the elderly.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The survey involved 500 urban residents (Wroclaw, Poland) aged 65 and older, of both gender. Socio-demografic data were assessed by self-reported questionnaire. Clinical examination included oral health assessment by the World Health Organization criteria with extension and oral dryness (Chalacombe scale). Quality of Life (QoL) was evaluated using Euro-Quality of Life, Oral Health Impact Profile-14 and Patient Health Questionnaire-9, which were validated for the Polish population. The relationship strength between psychometric scale scores and sociodemographic and clinical factors was determined by calculating Spearman\u2019s linear correlation coefficient values and regression coefficient values.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There was no gender-wise differences in oral health parameters, except for a higher number of decayed teeth in males (DT 1.9\u00b13.2 vs 1.2\u00b12.4; p = 0.34). Oral dryness was diagnosed significantly more frequently in females then males (36.9% vs. 25.5%; p = 0.076). The males were significantly more likely to have high treatment needs (36.1% vs. 26.9%; p = 0.032) and they required urgent dental treatment (7.2% vs. 2.8%; p = 0.022). There were no significant differences in terms of QoL evaluated by EQ-5D, EQ-5D VAS or OHIP-14 questionnaires between males and females (0.832\u00b10.194 vs 0.855\u00b10.197, 67.9\u00b110.9 vs 66.1\u00b118.6, 7.2\u00b112.9 vs 8.5\u00b114.0, respectively; p &gt; 0.05). However, females presented the higher severity of depressive symptoms measured by the PHQ-9 questionnaire (4.0\u00b14.1 vs. 2.8\u00b13.8; p&lt;0.001).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>It can be concluded that the independent predictors which significantly affect the high QoL scores on the EQ-5D scale were found to be female gender, age below 75, high or middle income, independence in daily life, a low number of comorbidities, lack of oral treatment needs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0259286","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,3]],"date-time":"2021-11-03T13:35:16Z","timestamp":1635946516000},"page":"e0259286","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Gender-wise comparison of oral health quality of life and its relationship with oral health parameters among elderly from Wroclaw, south-west Poland"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7108-2099","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Katarzyna","family":"Sko\u015bkiewicz-Malinowska","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Urszula","family":"Kaczmarek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Barbara","family":"Malicka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"340","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"pone.0259286.ref001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"344","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1600-0528.1999.tb02031.x","volume":"27","author":"PF Allen","year":"1999","journal-title":"Community Dent Oral Epidemiol"},{"key":"pone.0259286.ref002","first-page":"237","volume-title":"Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology","author":"SR Baker","year":"2008"},{"key":"pone.0259286.ref003","author":"JR Beard","year":"2016","journal-title":"The World Report on Ageing and Health"},{"key":"pone.0259286.ref004","unstructured":"WHODAS 2.0 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DISABILITY ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE 2.0 36-item version, self-administered."},{"key":"pone.0259286.ref005","unstructured":"GUS. 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