Overview of Instruments Used to Assess Quality of Life in Dentistry

McGrath, C.; Rogers, S. N.

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C. McGrath³ &
S. N. Rogers⁴

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Abstract:

In recent times there has been an explosion of interest in assessing the impact of oral health status on quality of life (QOL) and in assessing the impact of oral health care services and initiatives to QOL within dentistry. This has following developments within other fields of medicine as well as the understanding that oral health is not equated with the absence of oral disease. Clinical oral health status measures have provided little insight into the physical, social and psychological consequences of oral health are of little use in assessing the impact of oral health on QOL. Attempts have been made to use generic health-related quality of life (HQOL) measures which have been used in other fields within medicine to compare the impact on different oral health states on QOL. However, for the most part generic HQOL have not been useful in assessing subtle difference in oral health states or changes to oral health following oral health care interventions except in relation to more severe oral diseases, such as oral cancer. This has led to the development of what are termed generic oral health related quality of life (OHQOL) measures to assess the impact of the range of oral diseases and conditions to QOL. A plethora of OHQOL measures exist and they have generally been more useful in describing the impact of different oral health states to QOL. In assessing the impact of specific oral health states condition specific HQOL have been developed and these have proved useful in describing the impact of specific condition and treatment initiatives on QOL. In many situations the preference of condition specific measure relative to generic HQOL and OHQOL has not been established. More recently advances have been in assessing the impact of oral health on QOL of children which has proved challenging. For the most part attention has focused on developing generic child OHQOL measures. Despite the availability of QOL measure within dentistry there has been little use in clinical practice and limited determination of the effects of different oral health care intervention to QOL. Use and future directions of research of QOL measures within dentistry are provided.

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Abbreviations

CHQ:: child health questionnaire
COIDP:: child oral impact on daily performance measure
COIHP:: child oral health impact profile
CPQ:: child perception questionnaire
DIDL:: dental impact on daily living
DIP:: dental impact profile
ECOHIS:: early childhood oral health impact scale
EORTC: HN:: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer head and neck questionnaire
EuroQOL:: European quality of life measure
FIS:: family impact scale
GOHAI:: geriatric oral health assessment index
HQOL:: health-related quality of life
LORQ:: Liverpool oral rehabilitation questionnaire
LSI:: Liverpool sicca index
MCOHQOL:: Michigan child oral health-related quality of life scale
MPDS:: Manchester orofacial pain disability
OHIP:: oral health impact profile
OHQOL:: oral health-related quality of life
OH-QOL UK:: United Kingdom oral health-related quality of life measure
OIDP:: oral impacts on daily performances
OQLQ:: orthognathic quality of life questionnaire
PedsQL:: paediatric quality of life inventory
PPQ:: parental perception questionnaire
QOL:: quality of life
SF12:: (health survey) short form 12
SF36:: (health survey) short form 36
SIDS:: social impacts of dental diseases
SIP:: sickness impact profile
SOHSI:: subjective oral health status indicator
UWQOL:: University of Washington quality of life questionnaire
XeQOLS:: xerostomia- related quality of life questionnaire
XI:: xerostomia inventory

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McGrath, C., Rogers, S.N. (2010). Overview of Instruments Used to Assess Quality of Life in Dentistry. In: Preedy, V.R., Watson, R.R. (eds) Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78665-0_8

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