Heyink J, Heezen J, Schaub R
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1986 Dec;14(6):323-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1986.tb01083.x.
The majority of the Dutch elderly population wears full dentures. According to clinical standards these dentures are often of a poor quality. The treatment demand, however, is small. The purpose of the present study is to describe the quality of dentures by means of clinical criteria on the one hand and judgments of the patients on the other. 131 denture-wearing individuals, with a mean age of 71, participated. A "denture quality" scale was constructed, consisting of five clinical parameters. The judgments of the respondents were recorded in terms of complaints and satisfaction with the dentures. The results show weak or nonsignificant correlations between the denture quality and the subjective measures. After dichotomizing the denture quality score (treatment need vs no treatment need), however, the poorer dentures appeared to be related to more complaints. It was concluded that for planning purposes it seems valid to use clinical figures. On the individual level the prediction of the subjective appraisal of full dentures on the basis of a clinical appreciation appears not to be adequate.
大多数荷兰老年人口佩戴全口假牙。按照临床标准，这些假牙的质量往往较差。然而，治疗需求却很小。本研究的目的一方面是通过临床标准描述假牙的质量，另一方面是了解患者的评价。131名佩戴假牙者参与了研究，他们的平均年龄为71岁。构建了一个“假牙质量”量表，该量表由五个临床参数组成。通过对假牙的抱怨和满意度记录受访者的评价。结果显示，假牙质量与主观评价之间的相关性较弱或无显著相关性。然而，将假牙质量评分二分法（治疗需求与无治疗需求）后，质量较差的假牙似乎与更多的抱怨相关。得出的结论是，出于规划目的，使用临床数据似乎是有效的。在个体层面上，基于临床评估对全口假牙主观评价的预测似乎并不充分。
