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Public Health"],"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Background<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Active ageing is a key strategy for addressing population ageing; however, the heterogeneous characteristics of active ageing among the rural older adults population have not yet been fully elucidated, and the association between active ageing and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) has not been systematically explored.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 598 rural older adults from April to October 2024. Latent profile analysis (LPA) was used to identify active ageing patterns; multinomial logistic regression was used to analyse predictors of category membership; and negative binomial regression was used to analyse the association between latent active ageing categories and OHRQoL.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Four distinct profiles of active ageing were identified: low-level (12.38%), medium-level with low social integration (17.56%), medium-level with low financial security (35.79%), and high-level (34.28%). Profile affiliation was significantly associated with nine factors, including age, educational attainment, and income (all\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;\u202f0.05). Negative binomial regression results showed that, with Profile 4 as the reference, Profile 1 (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u202f0.581, 95% CI: 0.277\u20130.885,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;\u202f0.001), Profile 2 (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u202f0.561, 95% CI: 0.301\u20130.821,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;\u202f0.001), and Category 3 (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u202f0.480, 95% CI: 0.261\u20130.698,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;\u202f0.001) all had significantly higher OHIP-14 total scores, suggesting that OHRQoL was more severely impaired in these three groups.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The active ageing of rural adults in China exhibits heterogeneous characteristics and shows a significant gradient in oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). Differentiated intervention measures should be developed for different populations, and rural oral health services should be strengthened to improve their quality of life.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2026.1809594","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,10]],"date-time":"2026-08-10T04:22:40Z","timestamp":1786335760000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Latent profiles of active ageing and their association with oral health-related quality of life among rural older adults in China"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Xiaofang","family":"Song","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, College of Medical Science, Huzhou Normal University","place":["Huzhou, Zhejiang, 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