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• TITLE: Relationship among Health Related Quality of Life, Quality of Sleep, and Oral Health Condition

  AUTHORS: Miki Sato, Arisa Kurokawa, Hiroko Sugimoto, Yuko Yasuhara, Hiromi Nakae, Yukari Shinohara, Tetsuya Tanioka, Hiroki Iga, Daisuke Hinode, Yoshihiro Suzuki, Souichi Honda, Rozzano Locsin

  KEYWORDS: Health Related Quality of Life, Body-Mass Index, Quality of Sleep, Oral Condition, Over 55 Years Old, Middle Aged and Older Japanese Adults

  JOURNAL NAME: Health, Vol.10 No.2, February 28, 2018

  ABSTRACT: Japan’s aging rate (ratio of elderly aged 65 and older to total population) has exceeded 20%. The aim of this study was to clarify the relationships between Health Related Quality of Life, Body Mass Index (BMI), and sleep quality. Subjects were 51 adults over 55 years old with chronic disease who living in the community. Instruments and structured interviews were used giving due consideration to privacy. Interviews were conducted within 10 - 20 minutes at the out-patient department. The evaluation instruments included bodymass index, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL), and Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14). A significant positive correlation (ρ = 0.321, p