The application of oral health impact profile (OHIP-14) in the evaluation of complete dentures in elderly edentulous patients
WANG Xun
ZHANG Xiu-yin
Abstract：Objective:To investigate the changes of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in elderly edentulous patient swith com plete denture and analyse the responsiveness of the C hinese version of the O ral health im pact profile-14 (O H IP-14) in the treatm ent of edentulous patients by com paring the subjective attitudes of elderly patients tow ard com plete dentures. Methods:1050 edentulous patients w ere invited to fill in the questionnaire of O H IP-14 before com plete denture prosthesis replacem ent.O ne m onth later,they w ere invited to finish the questionnaire of O H IP-14 and the satisfaction survey.SPSS 17.0 softw are package w as used for data analysis. Results: (1)T he score of each dom ain and the total O H IP-14 score decreased significantly after treatm ent, respectively (P<0.01). (2) T here w as a negative correlation betw een the O H IP-14 score and the satisfaction in both pre- and post-treatm ent groups. Conclusion: T he O H IP-14 possesses reasonable responsiveness in the effect and patientsatis faction of complete dentureres toration,and thus can beused in the evaluation of the clinicalresults ofcom plete denture prosthesis.
Keywords：com plete dentureO ralhealth im pactprofile-14O ralhealth-related quality oflife
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 154-159 )