Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary health care professionals in coping with COVID-19 in Brazil: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed challenges to healthcare professionals, who needed to quickly adjust impacts on their work processes. Primary health care has become key to fighting the pandemic, as most mild cases seek primary care services as their point of first contact.

Objectives: To ascertain the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health professionals working in primary health care in Brazil early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Factors associated with poor oral health-related quality of life among non-institutionalized Brazilian older adults: Oral health and quality of life in older adults.

Aims: To investigate the factors associated with poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in a sample of Brazilian older adults.

Methods And Results: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 535 non-institutionalized elders aged 60 years or older from Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. OHRQoL was measured using the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI).

Oral health literacy, self-rated oral health, and oral health-related quality of life in Brazilian adults.

The aim of this study was to investigate associations between oral health literacy (OHL), self-rated oral health (SROH), and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in Brazilian adults. A sample of 523 Brazilian adults completed the short-form Health Literacy in Dentistry (HeLD-14) and the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) instruments that measure OHL and OHRQoL, respectively. The prevalence ratios (PRs) for outcome variables and their 95% CIs were quantified.

Psychometric properties of Health Literacy in Dentistry scale in an elderly Brazilian population.

This study aimed to assess the reliability and validity of Brazilian-Portuguese versions of the Health Literacy in Dentistry (HeLD) scale in a sample of elderly Brazilian participants. HeLD was initially translated into and cross-culturally adapted to the Brazilian Portuguese language. The reliability and validity of HeLD were then assessed in a sample of 535 non-institutionalized older persons who also completed a questionnaire containing sociodemographic and health information.

Influence of oral health literacy on dissatisfaction with oral health among older people.

Objective: To investigate the influence of oral health literacy (OHL) and associated factors on dissatisfaction with oral health (DOH) among older people.

Background: Oral health literacy is a recent field of research that has been considered an important mediator between socioeconomic variables and oral health outcomes. However, there are few studies with older people.