Nekouei Amir Hossein, Kakoei Shahla, Najafipour Hamid, Kakooei Sina, Mirzaee Moghaddameh
Social Determinants on Oral Health Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Oral and Dental Diseases Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Dent Res J (Isfahan). 2022 Jun 1;19:50. eCollection 2022.
Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) assesses the subjective perception of oral health and its impact on the quality of life. The aim of this study is to measure the OHRQoL and its determinants among adult people living in Kerman, Iran.
In this cross-sectional study, a total of 5657 adult people (18-64 years) residing in the Kerman district, both in the rural and urban areas, were enrolled in the study between September 2014 and April 2018. The Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) and the oral health indices, such as the total decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT), community periodontal index (CPI), gingival index (GI), and xerostomia, were measured by an experienced dentist. The demographic variables of gender, age, educational status, and marital status were also recorded. The impact of the studied variables on OHRQoL was evaluated with multiple logistic regression.
Participants were 2239 (39.58%) men, and average age was 45.39. The mean scores for OHRQoL, DMFT, CPI and GI were respectively: 24.07 (7.76), 10.7 (6.86), 0.76 (0.96), 0.63 (0.8). The frequency of people with xerostomia was 37.4. 301 (53.3%) of people had poor quality of life related to oral health. In multivariable analysis, there was a statistically significant increase in OHRQoL with an increase in the DMFT ( < 0.001), xerostomia ( < 0.001), CPI, ( < 0.001). Men had a significantly higher OHIP score than women ( < 0.001).
According to the results of this study, DMFT, xerostomia, and CPI scores are strongly related to OHIP scores. In addition, between CPI and GI scores, the CPI score is the better predictor.
口腔健康相关生活质量（OHRQoL）评估口腔健康的主观感受及其对生活质量的影响。本研究的目的是测量伊朗克尔曼地区成年人的OHRQoL及其决定因素。
在这项横断面研究中，2014年9月至2018年4月期间，共有5657名居住在克尔曼地区农村和城市的成年人（18 - 64岁）参与了研究。由经验丰富的牙医测量口腔健康影响程度量表（OHIP - 14）以及口腔健康指标，如龋失补牙总数（DMFT）、社区牙周指数（CPI）、牙龈指数（GI）和口干症。还记录了性别、年龄、教育程度和婚姻状况等人口统计学变量。通过多元逻辑回归评估所研究变量对OHRQoL的影响。
参与者中有2239名（39.58%）男性，平均年龄为45.39岁。OHRQoL、DMFT、CPI和GI的平均得分分别为：24.07（7.76）、10.7（6.86）、0.76（0.96）、0.63（0.8）。口干症患者的频率为37.4。301名（53.3%）的人有与口腔健康相关的生活质量较差的情况。在多变量分析中，随着DMFT（<0.001）、口干症（<0.001）、CPI（<0.001）的增加，OHRQoL有统计学上的显著增加。男性的OHIP得分显著高于女性（<0.001）。
根据本研究结果，DMFT、口干症和CPI得分与OHIP得分密切相关。此外，在CPI和GI得分之间，CPI得分是更好地预测指标。
