... assess the adequacy ofthe OIDP to capture the perceptions of individuals Statistical analysis The Statistical Package for Social Sciences v.13 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL) was used for the statistical ... oral health- relatedqualityoflife requires an assessment oforal satisfaction, not merely confirmation of absence oral impacts Exploring simultaneously these issues may provide useful insights ... dimensions The sum of these scores is considered the total impact score This total score is divided bythe maximum possible score and multiplied by 100 to give the percentage score This scoring system...
... other oralhealth problems when assessed with broad concepts such as oral health- relatedqualityoflife (OHRQoL) For example, several studies have shown a relationship between self-assessed oral ... was 0.94 and was considered “satisfactory.” [20] OHIP-J14 summary score test-retest reliability assessed in a previous study [23] in the same patient population and measured with the intraclass ... dentate patients BMC OralHealth 2009, 9:9 23 Baba K, Inukai M, John MT: Feasibility oforal health- relatedqualityoflife assessment in prosthodontic patients using abbreviated OralHealth Impact...
... over the past 15 years By incorporating subjective and objective assessment, our understanding ofthe consequences oforal disease and tooth loss has improved [51] Subjective assessment has also ... the statistical analyses and assisted in the interpretation ofthe data and helped to draft the manuscript, PFA participated in the design ofthe study and assessment ofthe included papers and ... ultimately affect QoL Besides generic healthrelated QoL measures, specific oral health- relatedqualityoflife models and measures have been developed to assess the impact oforal disease on OHRQoL [6]...
... measures consists of two stages; the first involves an assessment ofthe reliability and validity andthe second consists of on-going evaluations ofthe performance in different populations andthe various ... change is expected, desired or possible [70] Conclusions The results of this study emphasize the importance of perceived health status and QoL assessment for evaluating TMD patients, since signs and ... multidimensional instrument designed to assess physical and psychosocial impacts on children and adolescents aged 10-18 years Although the results supported the use of generic instrument to measure health...
... servants, number of cars owned bythe family, possession of domestic items such as television sets, radio sets, VCRs, vacuum cleaners, washing machine, fridges, freezers; and level of education ofthe ... emotional responses [1] The structure of network ties influences peoples healthby providing different types and levels of support Lower social support is associated with more symptoms of depression ... head of household A set of points is assigned to these indicators and a final score defines the socioeconomic groups; A (highest), B, C, D, and E (lowest) Those with the highest scores represented...
... between the three study groups for the mean ranking scores ofthe assessed hypothetical health states (Figure 1A) The patients’ own state was ranked as less severe than state ‘11312’ by cancer patients ... ofthe three samples Then frequency distributions were made for the classification ofthe patients’ health state Mean scores and standard errors ofthe mean were calculated for the various assessments ... various assessments ofthe (hypothetical) health states For the non -patient group, ranks were adjusted for the fact that this group assessed one health state less (own state) than the two patient...
... purposes) HealthandQualityofLife Outcomes 2006, 4:38 experts examines the instrument and determines the degree to which its items address the topics the instrument is supposed to measure This ... consideration their perceptions in terms ofthe impact oftheoral conditions on their daily life Also, dental professionals andthe public can gain a better understanding ofthe origins of illnesses Thus ... These results emphasise that perceptions oforalhealthandsatisfaction with the mouth are strongly associated with oral health- relatedqualityof life; the better the perception, the lower the...
... specific impacts whereby the respondent attributes the impacts to specific oral conditions or diseases; thus contributing to the needs assessment andthe planning oforalhealth care services ... was categorized a high consumer of sugar-sweetened snacks when they consumed more than items, times a week or more Statistical analyses Statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS 15.0 (SPSS ... terms of parental education and information on household assets A single variable SES was later calculated using principal component analysis as described elsewhere [14] SES was assessed by dividing...
... Individuals’ perception oforalhealthand its impact on the health- relatedqualityoflife J Oral Rehabil 2007, 34:79-87 Allen PF: Assessment oforalhealthrelatedqualityoflifeHealth Qual Life ... conducting comparisons of stratum-specific estimates as opposed to testing the hypothesis in the context of statistical interaction is based on the fact that the former approach does not assume covariate ... health- relatedqualityoflife in healthy Spanish workers Health Qual Life Outcomes 2010, 8:24 John MT: Exploring dimensions oforal health- relatedqualityoflife using experts’ opinions Qual Life...
... conducting comparisons of stratumspecific estimates as opposed to testing the hypothesis in the context of statistical interaction is based on the fact that the former approach does not assume covariate ... OHIP-14 score) and extent of impact (number of items reported fairly/very often) scores were calculated as measures of OHRQoL OHL was assessed bythe cumulative REALD-30 score The association of OHL ... crude and adjusted differences and ratios of OHIP-14 impacts using Poisson models Because severity is the OHIP-14 estimate that arguably carries the most information (no items or scoring schemes...
... maternal self-rated oralhealth status at the age-5 assessment, whereby the study members whose mothers self-rated their oralhealth as “average” or “poor/edentulous” at the age-5 assessment had ... individuals The targeting of those most at risk of both oral disease, andthe subjective impact oforal disease, will ensure the most efficient use of scarce resources This evidence suggesting that ... Profile (OHIP-14) was used to assess oral health- relatedqualityoflife [34] This has 14 items corresponding to the seven domains outlined by Locker in his conceptual framework for assessing oral- health- related...
... respondents were asked to report the year of diagnosis History of myocardial infarction and history of cancer diagnosis were assessed in the same manner History of bypass operation was assessed similarly, ... increase the response rate, our study (as most population surveys) was still confronted with the problem of non-response An extensive analysis on this issue in one ofthe baseline surveys has shown ... level by chance This effect is lessened if one uses a stricter significance level To assess the sensitivity ofthe results to missing data, we refitted the models to an imputed data set We used the...
... whether the dimensions identified bythe EFA in half ofthe sample were consistently confirmed by CFA in the other half using the usual goodness -of- fit measurements The rationale of this focuses ... there is some agreement with previous studies focusing on the dimensions measured bythe OHIP-14, because pain -related items (items 3, 4, and 7) and some psychosocial -related items such as items 6, ... from the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Education Authors are grateful to the reviewers of this manuscript for the gentle suggestions made andthe insights shared during the revision process Author...
... purpose may vary considerably There are other measurement systems such as the General OralHealth Assessment Index (GOHAI), first used to assess clinical oral status and perceived impacts among the ... difficulty speaking and 3.4% vs 0.5% had difficulty swallowing) Data processing and statistical analysis Data scanning and editing were done using Thai Scandevet, SQL and SPSS software For analysis we ... less than 20 Oral Health- RelatedQualityofLife among cohort members Five dimensions ofOral Health- RelatedQualityofLife were assessed (Table 2) Overall, discomfort chewing (15.8%), discomfort...
... three thematic sets of questions: healthrelatedqualityof life, constituted using the SF-36 and sets of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics The dependent variables were the scores ofthe ... 40 countries The instrument allows the measurement of various health dimensions and can assess the impact of disease as well as the benefits oftreatment It is also a good predictor of mortality ... elderly using the SF-36 in a population-based study Among the eight dimensions assessed bythe SF-36, the population studied in the present survey obtained the worst scores in the scales of: vitality,...
... depending on their life styles, socio-economic status and access to health services, has distinctive experiences about their health condition Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the impact ... region ofthe State of Santa Catarina, in Southern Brazil TheOralHealth Impact Profile (OHIP)15 was used as the instrument to assess thequalityoflife associated with oralhealth conditions and ... the assessment oforalhealthandtreatment needs; nevertheless, their limitations must be considered11 The combined clinical and subjective indicators define a multi-dimensional assessment of...
... caregivers at 30 ± days after the last dose of study medication to assess any new or ongoing AEs Health- relatedqualityoflifeand medication satisfaction measures As secondary objectives of this study, ... effects and limited ceiling effects (2%) were observed in a previous sample [33] The AIM-C consists of core scales to assess child (8 items) and family (10 items) HRQL The measure also consists of ... summarized using descriptive statistics Data for MSS were summarized as number and percentage of subjects with the following responses to each ofthe survey questions using descriptive statistics:...
... following phases: Item level analysis Feasibility was measured by using the percentage of missing values for each item and item-response distribution Item-internal consistency was assessed by correlating ... Significant differences were neither found for the five dimensions of RTQ nor dimensions of SF36 among any of these groups of patients Discussion The psychometric properties of RTQ are satisfactory with ... Yoshiya K, Isotani S, Higuchi A, Nagano S, Arakawa S, Hamami G, Matsumoto O, Kamidono S: Assessment of health- relatedqualityoflife in renal transplant and hemodialysis patients using the SF-36...
... depression and low HRQoL contrasts with the results of other studies [15,38-45] and could reflect misclassification of depression, which was based on records of physician diagnosis or prescription ... health- relatedqualityoflife in PD using a health utilities index” approach, and to assess the relationship between health utility scores and PD severity as measured using standard disease-specific ... Page of scores, sub-scores, and other patient characteristics (Table 1) The first model (“Model 1”) used UPDRS-II and -III scores as candidate covariates, while “Model 2” used UPDRS sub-scores (tremor,...