Tariq Shameen, Shoaib Ahmad, Chaudhary Farooq Ahmad, Habib Syed Rashid, Javed Muhammad Qasim
Shameen Tariq, FCPS Prosthodontist, Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Ahmad Shoaib, FCPS, Assistant Professor, Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Pak J Med Sci. 2024 Oct;40(9):2130-2135. doi: 10.12669/pjms.40.9.9402.
To evaluate the changes in oral health-related quality of life [OHRQoL] before and three months after complete denture oral rehabilitation using the Geriatric oral health assessment index [GOHAI] in Pakistani elderly edentulous patients.
In this descriptive case series study a total of 80 edentulous patients were recruited from Islamic International Dental Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan from November 2021 to April 2022. The OHRQoL was evaluated twice by using the GOHAI- Urdu version. First, before getting the complete denture, and subsequently after three months of using a prosthesis. The data were analysed using SPSS-23. Pre and post-comparison were done by t-test. Moreover, the ANOVA test was utilized to assess the socio-demographic variables-GOHAI score and association.
The mean GOHAI scores increased significantly from 22.9 (SD = 3.01) at baseline to 28.1 (SD = 5.59) after three months (P = 0.001), reflecting an overall increase of 5.2 points. At baseline, the ability of the patient to swallow comfortably was found to have the highest mean GOHAI score of 3.02 (SD= 1.24) and after three months of complete denture insertion, the same questionnaire item further improved with the highest mean GOHAI score of 3.43 (SD=1.05). The socio-demographic characteristics-based comparison of mean pre and post-insertion GOHAI scores suggested a statistically significant difference (p=0.001).
The OHRQoL in elderly edentulous patients improved after complete denture delivery, and a significant improvement was noted in most GOHAI domains.
使用老年口腔健康评估指数（GOHAI）评估巴基斯坦老年无牙颌患者全口义齿口腔修复前及修复后三个月口腔健康相关生活质量（OHRQoL）的变化。
在这项描述性病例系列研究中，2021年11月至2022年4月期间从巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡伊斯兰国际牙科医院招募了80名无牙颌患者。使用乌尔都语版GOHAI对OHRQoL进行了两次评估。第一次是在佩戴全口义齿之前，第二次是在使用义齿三个月之后。使用SPSS-23对数据进行分析。前后比较采用t检验。此外，使用方差分析测试来评估社会人口统计学变量-GOHAI评分及相关性。
GOHAI平均得分从基线时的22.9（标准差=3.01）显著提高到三个月后的28.1（标准差=5.59）（P=0.001），总体提高了5.2分。在基线时，发现患者舒适吞咽的能力在GOHAI平均得分中最高，为3.02（标准差=1.24），在全口义齿插入三个月后，同一问卷项目进一步改善，GOHAI平均得分最高，为3.43（标准差=1.05）。基于社会人口统计学特征的义齿插入前后GOHAI平均得分比较显示出统计学上的显著差异（p=0.001）。
老年无牙颌患者在全口义齿交付后OHRQoL有所改善，并且在大多数GOHAI领域都有显著改善。
