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Experiences with the oral health impact profile (OHIP-H) questionnaire

OBJECTIVES: The aim was to perform an interventional Hungarian oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) clinical survey of patients requiring prosthetic treatment using the modified Hungarian version of the OHIP (OHIP-H) questionnaire which allows us to assess psychosocial impacts of the intervention in addition to conventional oral health indicators. METHODS: Patients were required to fill in the validated Hungarian version of the internationally accepted, comprehensive questionnaire, the 49-item version OHIP-H49 to assess OHRQoL before and after treatment. Additionally, we also investigated the influence of other independent variables such as socio-economic status, level of education, eating and oral hygiene habits, available dental services in our residential area (OHIP-HvDebrecen). RESULTS: Fifty and three participants (meag age: 58±11 yrs) completed the questionnaire. A linear regression model was used to determine the rate of improvement of OHRQoL at baseline (T0) and 1 month (T1) after oral and prosthetic rehabilitation. Decreasing OHIP score (Likert-type scale) results at 1 month of follow-up indicated that OHRQoL improved in 87 % of the subjects regardless of the type of denture applied. However, we have found differences in the magnitude of the decrease in OHIP scores depending on patients had total ( 34%), partially removable (40%) or fixed (26%) dentures. The largest improvement was observed in patients treated with fixed dentures. Patient-reported OHRQoL hasn't developed in 8 % of subjects and deteriorated in 6 % of patients. CONCLUSIONS: Modified OHIP-H proved suitable for evaluating of oral health requirements and OHRQoL of patients living in the less resourceful region of Hungary. The work/publication is supported by the TÁMOP 4.2.1/B-09/1/KONV-2010-0007 project. The project is co-financed by the European Union and the European Social Fund.


Continental European and Scandinavian Divisions Meeting
2011 Continental European and Scandinavian Divisions Meeting (Budapest, Hungary)
Budapest, Hungary
2011
463
Scientific Groups
  • Jenei, Ágnes  ( University of Debrecen, Debrecen, N/A, Hungary )
  • Nagy, László  ( University of Debrecen, Debrecen, N/A, Hungary )
  • Farkas, Viktória  ( University of Debrecen, Debrecen, N/A, Hungary )
  • Bágyi, Kinga  ( University of Debrecen, Debrecen, N/A, Hungary )
  • Ungvári, Tímea  ( University of Debrecen, Debrecen, N/A, Hungary )
  • Sándor, János  ( University of Debrecen, Debrecen, N/A, Hungary )
  • Márton, Ildikó  ( University of Debrecen, Debrecen, N/A, Hungary )
  • Poster Session
    Posters: Oral Health Research, Oral Medicine & Pathology, Micobiology/Immunology, and Cariology
    09/03/2011