Ulrika Meijer, Maria Flink, Susanna Tuvemo Johnson, Marie Kierkegaard, Kristina Gottberg, Charlotte Ytterberg
Preventing falls in multiple sclerosis: a qualitative study on user requirements for a self-management programme
Disability and rehabilitation
study aimed evaluate association oral health literacy ohl oral healthrelated quality life ohrqol pregnant women crosssectional study evaluated representative sample pregnant women assisted public health services southern brazil demographic socioeconomic psychosocial behavioural data collected structured questionnaires oral health impact profile ohip14 questionnaire used evaluate ohrqol brazilian rapid estimate adult literacy dentistry breald30 used measure ohl dental caries gingival bleeding evaluated clinical examinations adjusted multilevel poisson regression models hierarchical approach used assess associations results presented rate ratio rr 95 confidence interval 95 ci total 520 pregnant women evaluated pregnant women lower levels ohl presented overall ohip14 scores 14 higher rr 114 95 ci 107122 counterparts high household income high education level related low overall ohip14 scores furthermore less dental attendance low social support untreated dental caries gingival bleeding also associated high overall ohip14 scores findings reinforce health literacy levels influence patientreported outcomes pregnant women lower ohl likely present poorer ohrqol