The association of responsiveness in oral and general health-related quality of life with patients’ satisfaction of new complete dentures

Abstract

This study suggests that denture treatments are associated with improvements of OHRQoL, but not in HRQoL. Furthermore, patients' satisfaction was significantly associated with responsiveness of OHRQoL but less significantly associated with responsiveness of HRQoL.

Sensitivity to change of oral and general health‐related quality of life during prosthodontic treatment

“…The study's findings can be compared with those of other studies investigating the effect of comprehensive oral rehabilitations on HRQoL or OHRQoL. Although our findings are in line with those of other studies using OHRQoL as an outcome measure, which show that dental treatments improved OHRQoL , findings of studies using HRQoL measures are conflicting. Prosthodontic treatment increased a global rating of perceived general health .…”

“…Only patients provided with implant‐supported complete dentures perceived improvements in social functioning, role limitations due to emotional problems, and vitality. Other authors observed improvements in the general health dimension of the SF‐36 in patients provided with conventional complete dentures . In another study comparing conventional and implant dentures, limitations as a result of emotional problems and social functioning, both corresponding to the mental health component of the SF‐36, improved in patients who requested and received conventional dentures, but not in patients who received implant‐retained dentures .…”

“…However, whether HRQoL measures have sufficient evaluative properties to assess changes caused by dental interventions is less clear. Whilst some authors showed that HRQoL instruments were suitable , others reported that HRQoL did not detect changes that were expected to exist . The conditions studied may explain these differences.…”

“…For chronic pain conditions such as temporomandibular disorder (TMD) , and life‐threatening conditions such as oral cancer , both types of instruments seem applicable, but for typical tooth‐related interventions, the situation is less clear because findings from patient populations that represent broad target populations are rare. The findings from edentulous patients provide the first insights but these need to be complemented by studies of patients who receive widely applied dental interventions. Therefore, a head‐to‐head comparison of HRQoL and OHRQoL measures in a large sample of dental patients receiving typical dental interventions would be informative to assess the relative merits of the two QoL assessment options.…”

Calidad De Vida en Pacientes Sometidos a Tratamientos De Rehabilitación Oral en La Universidad Santo Tomás en Bucaramanga

“…13 Es así como diferentes autores han concluido que el OHIP-sp presenta adecuadas propiedades psicométricas que hacen que este instrumento sea adecuado para la evaluación de la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud oral. 14,15 El estudio comparativo de la evolución clínica entre diferentes grupos de pacientes revela cuestiones prác-ticas interesantes, es necesario consolidar con posteriores estudios que incluyan el manejo de un examen clínico bucal para los pacientes rehabilitados.…”