TY - JOUR
T1 - Why Patients Visit Dentists – A Study in all World Health Organization Regions
AU - John, Mike T.
AU - Sekulić, Stella
AU - Bekes, Katrin
AU - Al-Harthy, Mohammad H.
AU - Michelotti, Ambra
AU - Reissmann, Daniel R.
AU - Nikolovska, Julijana
AU - Sanivarapu, Sahityaveera
AU - Lawal, Folake B.
AU - List, Thomas
AU - Peršić Kiršić, Sanja
AU - Strajnić, Ljiljana
AU - Casassus, Rodrigo
AU - Baba, Kazuyoshi
AU - Schimmel, Martin
AU - Amuasi, Ama
AU - Jayasinghe, Ruwan D.
AU - Strujić-Porović, Sanela
AU - Peck, Christopher C.
AU - Xie, Han
AU - Haugaard Bendixen, Karina
AU - Simancas Pallares, Miguel Angel
AU - Perez-Franco, Eka
AU - Naghibi Sistani, Mohammad Mehdi
AU - Valerio, Patricia
AU - Letunova, Natalia
AU - M. Nurelhuda, Nazik
AU - Bartlett, David W.
AU - Oluwafemi, Ikeoluwa A.
AU - Dghoughi, Saloua
AU - Ferreira, Joao N.A.R.
AU - Chantaracherd, Pathamas
AU - Rener-Sitar, Ksenija
N1 - Funding Information:
Source of Funding: The research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research of the National Institutes of Health , USA, under the award numbers R01DE022331 and R01DE028059.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - Objective: The dimensions of oral health–related quality of life (OHRQoL) Oral Function, Orofacial Pain, Orofacial Appearance, and Psychosocial Impact are the major areas where patients are impacted by oral diseases and dental interventions. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether dental patients' reasons to visit the dentist fit the 4 OHRQoL dimensions. Methods: Dentists (N = 1580) from 32 countries participated in a web-based survey. For their patients with current oral health problems, dentists were asked whether these problems were related to teeth, mouth, and jaws' function, pain, appearance, or psychosocial impact or whether they do not fit the aforementioned 4 categories. Dentists were also asked about their patients who intended to prevent future oral health problems. For both patient groups, the proportions of oral health problems falling into the 4 OHRQoL dimensions were calculated. Results: For every 100 dental patients with current oral health problems, 96 had problems related to teeth, mouth, and jaws' function, pain, appearance, or psychosocial impact. For every 100 dental patients who wanted to prevent future oral health problems, 92 wanted to prevent problems related to these 4 OHRQoL dimensions. Both numbers increased to at least 98 of 100 patients when experts analyzed dentists' explanations of why some oral health problems would not fit the four dimension. For the remaining 2 of 100 patients, none of the dentist-provided explanations suggested evidence against the OHRQoL dimensions as the concepts that capture dental patients' suffering. Conclusion: Oral Function, Orofacial Pain, Orofacial Appearance, and Psychosocial Impact capture dental patients' oral health problems worldwide. These 4 OHRQoL dimensions offer a psychometrically sound and practical framework for patient care and research, identifying what is important to dental patients.
AB - Objective: The dimensions of oral health–related quality of life (OHRQoL) Oral Function, Orofacial Pain, Orofacial Appearance, and Psychosocial Impact are the major areas where patients are impacted by oral diseases and dental interventions. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether dental patients' reasons to visit the dentist fit the 4 OHRQoL dimensions. Methods: Dentists (N = 1580) from 32 countries participated in a web-based survey. For their patients with current oral health problems, dentists were asked whether these problems were related to teeth, mouth, and jaws' function, pain, appearance, or psychosocial impact or whether they do not fit the aforementioned 4 categories. Dentists were also asked about their patients who intended to prevent future oral health problems. For both patient groups, the proportions of oral health problems falling into the 4 OHRQoL dimensions were calculated. Results: For every 100 dental patients with current oral health problems, 96 had problems related to teeth, mouth, and jaws' function, pain, appearance, or psychosocial impact. For every 100 dental patients who wanted to prevent future oral health problems, 92 wanted to prevent problems related to these 4 OHRQoL dimensions. Both numbers increased to at least 98 of 100 patients when experts analyzed dentists' explanations of why some oral health problems would not fit the four dimension. For the remaining 2 of 100 patients, none of the dentist-provided explanations suggested evidence against the OHRQoL dimensions as the concepts that capture dental patients' suffering. Conclusion: Oral Function, Orofacial Pain, Orofacial Appearance, and Psychosocial Impact capture dental patients' oral health problems worldwide. These 4 OHRQoL dimensions offer a psychometrically sound and practical framework for patient care and research, identifying what is important to dental patients.
KW - Dentistry
KW - Oral health
KW - Problem-oriented medical records
KW - Quality of life
KW - Surveys and questionnaires
KW - WHO
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jebdp.2020.101459
DO - 10.1016/j.jebdp.2020.101459
M3 - Article
C2 - 32921379
AN - SCOPUS:85087768220
SN - 1532-3382
VL - 20
JO - Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
JF - Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
IS - 3
M1 - 101459
ER -