Praveen Bhoopathi Haricharan, Prathibha B, Reddy P Parthasarthi, Monica M, Samba Amit, Rajesh R
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences , Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh, India .
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery , Vikarabad, Andhra Pradesh, India .
J Clin Diagn Res. 2015 Jan;9(1):ZC39-42. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/11427.5489. Epub 2015 Jan 1.
A new measuring system called PUFA index had been identified to quantify the consequences of untreated dental caries. The co relation between PUFA index and oral health related quality of life has not been documented so far in India and thereby the need for this study Design: Cross-sectional observational study.
Sample size of 212 subjects, who are the residents of a town in Rangareddy district were included to be a part of this study. The subjects were interviewed for the OHIP score and the clinical examination done to record the PUFA scores.
The main objective of this study was to find out if there was any correlation between the OHIP scores and the study subjects and using the Pearson' s co relation coefficient, there was a significant correlation between the OHIP and the PUFA scores.(Pearson' s correlation= 0.31) CONCLUSION: The mean OHIP and PUFA scores of the study subjects were 2.21 and 0.40 respectively. There is a positive correlation between the OHIP score and the PUFA score among the study population i.e. with the PUFA scores increasing, it has a detrimental effect on the oral health related quality of life of the individual.
一种名为多不饱和脂肪酸（PUFA）指数的新测量系统已被确定用于量化未经治疗的龋齿的后果。到目前为止，在印度尚未记录PUFA指数与口腔健康相关生活质量之间的相关性，因此有必要进行本研究。设计：横断面观察性研究。
纳入212名居住在兰加雷迪区一个城镇的受试者作为本研究的一部分。对受试者进行口腔健康影响程度量表（OHIP）评分访谈，并进行临床检查以记录PUFA评分。
本研究的主要目的是确定OHIP评分与研究对象之间是否存在任何相关性，使用皮尔逊相关系数，OHIP与PUFA评分之间存在显著相关性（皮尔逊相关性=0.31）。结论：研究对象的平均OHIP和PUFA评分分别为2.21和0.40。在研究人群中，OHIP评分与PUFA评分之间存在正相关，即随着PUFA评分的增加，它对个体的口腔健康相关生活质量有不利影响。
