INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURING QUALITY OF LIFE, IN RELATION TO MASTICATORY PERFORMANCE, ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH REMOVABLE DENTURES

Introduction. Oral health is an important part of human health. Aspects such as oral functionality, psychological and social impact, and wellbeing are all taken into account when defining the quality of life. The purpose of this study was identifying and analyzing the most used index for oral health related quality of life, containing items that assessed the masticatory function. Method. PUBMED, Web of Science Core Collection, Google Scholar were the scientific databases used to establish the usage frequency of the indices OHIP, GOHAI, OIDP, DIDL, OHQoL-UK in researches on elderlies. Results. The most frequently used index for evaluating oral health related quality of life for the elders was OHIP (results: 820 in PUBMED, 567 in Web of Science; 10300 in Google Scholar). Other frequently used indices for this purpose were OIDP and GOHAI. Conclusions. The instruments designed for evaluating oral health related quality of life are largely used, and found in the medical literature to be applied to patients with different characteristics and oral health status. These are used for evaluating populations or individual cases, and the subjective information highlighted by them can be correlated with objective data in relation to the patient or prosthetic outcome, as mastication, as an oral functional aspect that influences quality of life and everyday performance.

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