<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To investigate the correlation between the four dimensions of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) constructs in a dental patient population.</p></sec><sec><h3>Methods</h3><p>A cross-sectional study carried out at HealthPartners, Minnesota, USA. This study is a secondary data analysis of available adult dental patients’ data. The instruments used to assess the OHRQoL and HRQoL constructs were the Oral Health Impact Profile–version with 49 items (OHIP-49) and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Information System (PROMIS) measures v.1.1 Global Health instruments Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), respectively. We used Structural Equation Modeling to determine the correlation between OHRQoL and HRQoL.</p></sec><sec><h3>Results</h3><p>Two thousand and seventy-six dental patients participated in the study. OHRQoL and HRQoL scores correlated with 0.56 (95%CI:0.52–0.60). The OHRQoL and Physical Health dimension of HRQoL correlated with 0.55 (95%CI:0.51–0.59). The OHRQoL and Mental Health dimension of HRQoL correlated with 0.51 (95%CI:0.47–0.55). When adjusted for age, gender, and depression, the correlation coefficients changed only slightly and resulted in 0.52 between OHRQoL and HRQoL Physical Health, and 0.47 between OHRQoL and HRQoL Mental Health. Model fit statistics for all analyses were adequate and indicated a good fit.</p></sec><sec><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>OHRQoL and HRQoL overlap greatly. For dental practitioners, the OHRQoL score is informative for their patients’ general health status and vice versa. Study results indicate that effective therapeutic interventions by dentists improve patients’ OHRQoL as well as HRQoL.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectivesTo investigate the correlation between the four dimensions of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) constructs in a dental patient population.MethodsA cross-sectional study carried out at HealthPartners, Minnesota, USA. This study is a secondary data analysis of available adult dental patients’ data. The instruments used to assess the OHRQoL and HRQoL constructs were the Oral Health Impact Profile–version with 49 items (OHIP-49) and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Information System (PROMIS) measures v.1.1 Global Health instruments Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), respectively. We used Structural Equation Modeling to determine the correlation between OHRQoL and HRQoL.ResultsTwo thousand and seventy-six dental patients participated in the study. OHRQoL and HRQoL scores correlated with 0.56 (95%CI:0.52–0.60). The OHRQoL and Physical Health dimension of HRQoL correlated with 0.55 (95%CI:0.51–0.59). The OHRQoL and Mental Health dimension of HRQoL correlated with 0.51 (95%CI:0.47–0.55). When adjusted for age, gender, and depression, the correlation coefficients changed only slightly and resulted in 0.52 between OHRQoL and HRQoL Physical Health, and 0.47 between OHRQoL and HRQoL Mental Health. Model fit statistics for all analyses were adequate and indicated a good fit.ConclusionsOHRQoL and HRQoL overlap greatly. For dental practitioners, the OHRQoL score is informative for their patients’ general health status and vice versa. Study results indicate that effective therapeutic interventions by dentists improve patients’ OHRQoL as well as HRQoL.

Association between Oral Health-Related and Health-Related Quality of Life

Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Dental Division, Faculty of Medicine

Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry

Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute

University Dental Clinics, University Medical Center Ljubljana

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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POVEZAVA MED ORALNIM IN SISTEMSKIM ZDRAVJEM V ZVEZI S KAKOVOSTJO ŽIVLJENJA

ObjectivesTo investigate the correlation between the four dimensions of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL)...

Association between Oral Health-Related and Health-Related Quality of Life

Article Category: Original scientific article

Published Online: Apr 06, 2020

Page range: 65 - 74

Received: Oct 21, 2019

Accepted: Feb 06, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2020-0009

Keywords
oral health, health, quality of life, self report, surveys and questionnaires, depressive disorder, public health, structural equation modeling, correlation of data, evidence-based dentistry

© 2020 Stella Sekulić et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Association between Oral Health-Related and Health-Related Quality of Life

Article Category: Original scientific article

Published Online: Apr 06, 2020

Page range: 65 - 74

Received: Oct 21, 2019

Accepted: Feb 06, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2020-0009

Keywordsoral health, health, quality of life, self report, surveys and questionnaires, depressive disorder, public health, structural equation modeling, correlation of data, evidence-based dentistry

© 2020 Stella Sekulić et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
oral health, health, quality of life, self report, surveys and questionnaires, depressive disorder, public health, structural equation modeling, correlation of data, evidence-based dentistry