Impact of oral mucositis on oral-health-related quality of life of patients diagnosed with cancer.
J Oral Pathol Med
; 44(9): 746-51, 2015 Oct.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25345344
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Oral mucositis (OM) has been described as the oral complication most frequently associated with antineoplastic therapy. However, the influence on the quality of life of affected patients is still unclear.OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the impact of OM on the oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of patients diagnosed with cancer, who developed chemotherapy- and/or radiotherapy-induced OM.METHODS:
This is a cross-sectional evaluation of QoL using oral health impact profile-14 (OHIP-14). The study group comprised a sample of 60 patients diagnosed with cancer, who developed OM during the treatment. The instrument (OHIP-14) composed of seven dimensions was used functional limitation, physical pain, psychological discomfort, physical deficiency, psychological deficiency, social incapacity, and deficiency.RESULTS:
The internal consistency of OHIP-14 measured by the Cronbach's α coefficient was of 0.76. Physical pain attained the highest score (worst quality of life) among the studied dimensions 60.8% (292/480), followed by physical limitation 52.7% (253/480), and psychological discomfort 50.8% (244/480). The dimension 'social limitation' obtained the lowest score 27.2% (131/480). There was statistically significant difference as regards gender (P = 0.021) for physical pain, with greater impact among patients of the male gender.CONCLUSION:
Oral-health-related quality of life is significantly affected by OM in individuals diagnosed with cancer.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Stomatitis
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Oral Health
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Sickness Impact Profile
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
J Oral Pathol Med
Journal subject:
ODONTOLOGIA
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PATOLOGIA
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brasil