Allen P Finbarr
Department of Restorative Dentistry, University Dental School & Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland.
Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2003 Sep 8;1:40. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-1-40.
In Dentistry, as in other branches of Medicine, it has been recognised that objective measures of disease provide little insight into the impact of oral disorders on daily living and quality of life. A significant body of development work has been undertaken to provide health status measures for use as outcome measures in dentistry. In descriptive population studies, poor oral health related quality of life is associated with tooth loss. There is a less extensive literature of longitudinal clinical trials, and measurement of change and interpretation of change scores continues to pose a challenge. This paper reviews the literature regarding the development and use of these oral health related QoL measures and includes an appraisal of future research needs in this area.
在牙科领域，与医学的其他分支一样，人们已经认识到，疾病的客观测量方法对于了解口腔疾病对日常生活和生活质量的影响作用不大。为了提供用于牙科疗效评估的健康状况测量方法，已经开展了大量的开发工作。在描述性人群研究中，与口腔健康相关的生活质量差与牙齿缺失有关。关于纵向临床试验的文献较少，变化的测量和变化分数的解释仍然是一个挑战。本文回顾了有关这些与口腔健康相关的生活质量测量方法的开发和使用的文献，并对该领域未来的研究需求进行了评估。
