BACKGROUND Less is known about the association between general health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and oral HRQoL (OHRQoL) among patients with specific diseases. The aim of this study was to assess the association between patient-centered outcome measurements (HRQoL and OHRQoL) of oral cancer patients at least 6 months after treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODS HRQoL was measured with the 12-It...

Aim: In recent years, after treatments variety of measurement scales are used to record the extent and impact treatment on quality patient’s life. Among these scales, Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-49) a shorter version that OHIP-14 most comprehensive, accessible common ones. Our aim was evaluate effect non-surgical periodontal therapy generalized chronic periodontitis patients’ life by using...

Objective. This study assessed the impact of periodontal diseases on health-related quality of life of adult users of the Brazilian Unified Health System. Study Design. A cross-sectional study was conducted on an outpatient basis. The sample included 151 adults treated in the Periodontics section at Dental Specialty Centres of Juiz de Fora (Minas Gerais, Brazil). The Oral Health Impact Profile ...

Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the oral and dental health levels of individuals a specific ethnic origin (Romani) living in Turkey investigate its effects on quality life.
 Materials Methods: The carried out Adana (Yüreğir) between October 2018 July 2019. Data were collected from 183 Romani using face-to-face interview technique, an introductory information form, form evalu...

BACKGROUND At present, there is no evidence on whether using condition-specific Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) measures provides more reliable information than generic measures for needs assessment. Therefore, the objective was to assess the discriminative ability of one generic and one condition-specific OHRQoL measure, namely, respectively, the short form of the Oral Health Impa...

BACKGROUND The oral health of military populations is usually not very well characterized compared to civilian populations. The aim of this study was to investigate two physical oral health characteristics and one perceived oral health measure and their correlation in the Japan self-defense forces (JSDF). METHODS Number of missing teeth, denture status, and OHRQoL as evaluated by the Japanese...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between individual and contextual variables related to self-perception in oral health among residents in the municipality of São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. The cross-sectional design involved 1,100 adults in 38 census tracts. The self-perception was evaluated using the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) tool. A logistic mul...

BACKGROUND To investigate the association between oral health literacy (OHL) and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and explore the racial differences therein among a low-income community-based group of female WIC participants. METHODS Participants (N = 1,405) enrolled in the Carolina Oral Health Literacy (COHL) study completed the short form of the Oral Health Impact Profile Index ...

AIM To develop Croatian and Slovenian versions of the 14-item Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) Questionnaire. METHODS The English original version of the OHIP questionnaire was translated into Croatian (OHIP-CRO14) and Slovenian (OHIP-SVN14) language by a forward-backward translation method. The psychometric properties of the OHIP-CRO14 and OHIP-SVN14 were tested. Concurrent validity was tes...