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Oral Health Related Quality of Life in Slovenian Patients with Craniomandibular Disorders
Ksenija Rener-Sitar
Asja Čelebić
Jasmina Stipetić
Ljubo Marion
Nikola Petričević
Lijana Zaletel-Kragelj
Sažetak
Sixty eight consecutive Slovenian patients with craniomandibular disorders (CMD) participated as the study group
and another 400 adults from the regional population sample participated as the control group. The aim was to determine
the impact of craniomandibular disorders to the self-perceived oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) and to compare
the OHRQoL with a control group. The mean Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) summary scores were computed
for all patients with the same diagnosis and for the same subgroups of the axis I according to the RDC/TMD exam protocol.
The mean OHIP subscores for the seven domains of the OHIP questionnaire were compared between the study and
the control group. Significantly higher OHIP summary scores and all the OHIP subscores were obtained in the CMD patients
in comparison with the control group (p<0.05). Furthermore, in the CMD group, patients with two related diagnoses
had significantly higher impaired OHRQoL than patients with a single one. The results revealed: 1. The CMD subjects
are highly associated with the reduced OHRQoL, 2. Higher number of diagnoses of the axis I according to the
RDC/TMD results in the more impaired OHRQoL, 3. The higher age of the patients revealed the more impaired
OHRQoL.
Ključne riječi
craniomandibular disorders; quality of life; temporomandibular disorders; oral health impact profile; RDC/TMD; Slovenia
Hrčak ID:
27227
URI
Datum izdavanja:
7.7.2008.
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