Generic and oral quality of life is affected by oral mucosal diseases

BMC Oral Health

Research Article

Wen Xiao¹  Wei-Wen Jiang¹  Li-Jun Liu¹  Qing-Bo He² 

[1] Department of Oral Mucosal Diseases, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, No. 639 Zhizaoju Road, 200011, Shanghai, China;Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 227 Chong Qing Nan Road, 200025, Shanghai, China;

关键词: Oral Health;    Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis;    Healthy Subject;    Oral Lichen Planus;    Oral Health Impact Profile;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6831-12-2

 received in 2011-04-01, accepted in 2012-01-07,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe generic and oral health-related quality of life (QoL) has provided opportunity for investigation of the interrelations among generic health, oral health, and related outcomes. The purpose of this study was to identify the generic and oral QoL in the patients with oral mucosal disease (OMD).MethodsFive hundred and thirty-eight OMDs were recruited in this study. The instruments applied were Chinese version of the 36-item short form health survey (SF-36) and the short-form of Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14).ResultsThe mean score of sum OHIP-14 was significantly higher in the patients with OMD (10.81 ± 9.01) compared with those in the healthy subjects (HS) (6.55 ± 6.73) (p < 0.001, Mann-Whitney U test). 56.51% of the OMD patients and 12.94% of the HS reported at least one oral negative impact (p < 0.001, Chi-square test). The overall mean score of SF-36 was significantly lower in the patients with OMD (74.54 ± 12.77) compared with those in the HS (77.97 ± 12.39) (p = 0.021, t-test).ConclusionsAdministration of specific and generic questionnaires of QoL can provide us a detailed picture of the impact of OMDs on patients, and both generic and oral QoL were impaired in the patients with OMD.

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