Oral-health-related quality of life of dental patients: a hospital based study in far north Queensland, Australia

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. e12216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shontel Bilic ◽  
Ingrid Blomberg ◽  
Kate Burry ◽  
Erica Chong ◽  
Eric Yeung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Dental Patients ◽  
Far North ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals Pediatric patients’ reasons for visiting dentists in all WHO regions

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin Bekes ◽  
Mike T. John ◽  
Ksenija Rener-Sitar ◽  
Mohammad H. Al-Harthy ◽  
Ambra Michelotti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Dental Patients ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Abstract Background Oral Function, Orofacial Pain, Orofacial Appearance, and Psychosocial Impact are the four oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) dimensions (4D) or areas in which oral disorders impact pediatric patients. Using their dentists' assessment, the study aimed to evaluate whether pediatric dental patients' oral health concerns fit into the 4D of the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) construct. Methods Dentists who treat children from 32 countries and all WHO regions were selected from a web-based survey of 1580 international dentists. Dentists were asked if their pediatric patients with current or future oral health concerns fit into the 4D of the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) construct. Proportions of all pediatric patients’ oral health problems and prevention needs were computed. Findings Data from 101 dentists treating children only and 523 dentists treating children and adults were included. For 90% of pediatric patients, their current oral health problems fit well in the four OHRQoL dimensions. For 91% of oral health problems they intended to prevent in the future were related to these dimensions as well. Both numbers increased to at least 96% when experts analyzed dentists´ explanations of why some oral health problems would not fit these four categories. Conclusions The study revealed the four fundamental components of dental patients, i.e., the four OHRQoL dimensions (Oral Function, Orofacial Pain, Orofacial Appearance, and Psychosocial Impact) are also applicable for pediatric patients, regardless of whether they have current or future oral health concerns, and should be considered when measuring OHRQoL in the pediatric dental patient population.

scholarly journals Impact of severity of tooth loss on oral-health-related quality of life among dental patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
MohammadAbdul Baseer ◽  
NadaM Anbarserri ◽  
KiratMohammed Ismail ◽  
Hanaa Anbarserri ◽  
Dalya Alanazi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Tooth Loss ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Dental Patients ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals Association between Oral Health-Related and Health-Related Quality of Life

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-74
Author(s):  
Stella Sekulić ◽  
Mike T. John ◽  
Cynthia Davey ◽  
Ksenija Rener-Sitar
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Patient Reported Outcome Measures ◽  
Patient Reported Outcome ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Dental Patients ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

AbstractObjectivesTo investigate the correlation between the four dimensions of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) constructs in a dental patient population.MethodsA cross-sectional study carried out at HealthPartners, Minnesota, USA. This study is a secondary data analysis of available adult dental patients’ data. The instruments used to assess the OHRQoL and HRQoL constructs were the Oral Health Impact Profile–version with 49 items (OHIP-49) and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Information System (PROMIS) measures v.1.1 Global Health instruments Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), respectively. We used Structural Equation Modeling to determine the correlation between OHRQoL and HRQoL.ResultsTwo thousand and seventy-six dental patients participated in the study. OHRQoL and HRQoL scores correlated with 0.56 (95%CI:0.52–0.60). The OHRQoL and Physical Health dimension of HRQoL correlated with 0.55 (95%CI:0.51–0.59). The OHRQoL and Mental Health dimension of HRQoL correlated with 0.51 (95%CI:0.47–0.55). When adjusted for age, gender, and depression, the correlation coefficients changed only slightly and resulted in 0.52 between OHRQoL and HRQoL Physical Health, and 0.47 between OHRQoL and HRQoL Mental Health. Model fit statistics for all analyses were adequate and indicated a good fit.ConclusionsOHRQoL and HRQoL overlap greatly. For dental practitioners, the OHRQoL score is informative for their patients’ general health status and vice versa. Study results indicate that effective therapeutic interventions by dentists improve patients’ OHRQoL as well as HRQoL.

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