Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Social Determinant of Health Research Center, Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Front Public Health. 2022 May 20;10:850550. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.850550. eCollection 2022.
We aimed to assess quality of life related to oral health in narcotic or stimulant users those were referred to maintenance methadone therapy (MMT) centers in Ahvaz City, Iran.
It was a cross-sectional study based on exploratory approach which has conducted on 187 narcotic and stimulant users in Ahvaz city; during 15th May till September 2020. Data was selected by available non-random sampling method. The data collection tools included the demographic variables and the standard OHIP-14 questionnaires. All tests were used as descriptive statistics, Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests, independent -test, one-way analysis of variance. -values of less than 0.05 was considered significant.
The mean and standard deviation of the participants' age was 36.03 ± 8.98 years. The quality-of-life scores related to oral health were totally 34.89 ± 6.50 as well as 37.37 and 33.96 in narcotic and stimulant users, respectively. The total quality of life related to OHIP-14 did not have a significant relationship with variables of age, life companions, level of education, number of children, economic status, employment status, insurance status, underlying disease, toothbrush use status, last dentist visit, and number of missing teeth ( > 0.05). However, a significant difference was found between the quality of life related to oral health based on the type of substance used (narcotic or stimulant), so that the mean quality of life related to oral health was higher in narcotic than stimulant users ( < 0.05).
Quality of life related to OHIP-14 was more unfavorable in stimulant users than narcotic users. So, policy makers and authorities are required to focus their interventions and research programs to improve health-related quality of life in users, especially stimulant.
本研究旨在评估伊朗阿瓦士市接受美沙酮维持治疗（MMT）中心治疗的阿片类药物或兴奋剂使用者的口腔健康相关生活质量。
这是一项基于探索性方法的横断面研究，于 2020 年 5 月 15 日至 9 月期间在阿瓦士市对 187 名阿片类药物和兴奋剂使用者进行了研究。数据采用非随机抽样方法采集。数据收集工具包括人口统计学变量和标准 OHIP-14 问卷。所有检验均采用描述性统计、柯尔莫哥洛夫-斯米尔诺夫检验、独立样本 t 检验、单因素方差分析。<0.05 被认为具有统计学意义。
参与者的年龄均值和标准差为 36.03 ± 8.98 岁。口腔健康相关生活质量评分总分为 34.89 ± 6.50，阿片类药物和兴奋剂使用者的得分分别为 37.37 和 33.96。OHIP-14 总生活质量与年龄、生活伴侣、教育程度、子女数量、经济状况、就业状况、保险状况、基础疾病、牙刷使用状况、最近一次看牙医时间和缺牙数量等变量之间无显著关系（>0.05）。然而，基于使用的物质类型（阿片类药物或兴奋剂），口腔健康相关生活质量存在显著差异，阿片类药物使用者的口腔健康相关生活质量均值高于兴奋剂使用者（<0.05）。
OHIP-14 相关生活质量在兴奋剂使用者中比阿片类药物使用者更差。因此，政策制定者和当局需要关注干预措施和研究计划，以改善使用者的健康相关生活质量，尤其是兴奋剂使用者。
