Associação entre periodontite severa e qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal

Abstract

The OHIP-14 questionnaire is used to measure oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) through scores, considering seven conceptual domains: functional limitation, physical pain, psychological discomfort, physical disability, psychological disability, social disability and disability. The aim of this cross- sectional study was to evaluate the association of severe periodontitis with OHRQoL in patients attending a university. Two hundred and eighty patients over 35 years (55.4 ± 11.9 years) were divided into three groups according to periodontal status, according to the CDC/AAP criteria: without periodontitis/mild periodontitis, moderate periodontitis and severe periodontitis. To assess OHRQoL, the OHIP-14 questionnaire was used. For data analysis, the mean score of the questionnaire was considered, as well as the proportion of individuals who responded to the worst scores, known as OFOVO. There were no statistically significant differences between groups for socio-demographic data. The OHIP-14 scores were also not different between groups. When evaluating the proportion of OFOVO responses, a difference was observed only between patients with severe periodontitis and those without or with mild periodontitis (odds ratio= 2.52; 95% CI: 1.14-5.58). In the analysis by domain, there was only a statistically significant difference in the domain “Physical pain” when comparing severe periodontitis to mild or healthy periodontitis (odds ratio= 2.24; 95% CI: 1.10-4.58). Thus, it can be concluded that patients with severe periodontitis had worse OHRQoL than those without periodontitis or with mild periodontitis.