Busato Ivana Maria Saes, Thomaz Mariana, Toda Alexandre Issamu, Alanis Danilo Gustavo Pulita, França Beatriz Helena Sottile, de Lima Antônio Adilson Soares, Azevedo-Alanis Luciana Reis
Graduate Program in Dentistry, School of Health and Biosciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Spec Care Dentist. 2013 May-Jun;33(3):128-32. doi: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2012.00290.x. Epub 2012 Nov 5.
To evaluate the impact of xerostomia on the quality of life (QOL) of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) from Brazil.
A cross-sectional study was performed on 195 PLWHA. Xerostomia was detected by asking a question about the sensation of having "dry mouth," and Oral Health Impact Profile 14 (OHIP-14) was used to measure the impact of xerostomia on QOL. Time of diagnosis of HIV/AIDS was assessed.
A total of 78 (40.0%) subjects presented with xerostomia. Xerostomia was associated with female gender, low amount of saliva perceived (p ≤ .01), difficulty in swallowing food (p ≤ .05), and showed to have a negative impact on QOL as measured by OHIP-14 (p ≤ .01).
Xerostomia was frequent and showed to have a negative impact on the QOL of PLWHA.
评估口干症对巴西艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染者(PLWHA)生活质量(QOL)的影响。
对195名艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染者进行了横断面研究。通过询问“口干”感觉来检测口干症,并使用口腔健康影响量表14(OHIP - 14)来衡量口干症对生活质量的影响。评估了艾滋病毒/艾滋病的诊断时间。
共有78名(40.0%)受试者出现口干症。口干症与女性性别、自觉唾液量少(p≤0.01)、吞咽食物困难(p≤0.05)相关,并且通过OHIP - 14测量显示对口干症对生活质量有负面影响(p≤0.01)。
口干症很常见,并且显示出对艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染者的生活质量有负面影响。