objectives: indicators of oral health-related quality of life (ohrqol) in children are widely adopted to evaluate the effects of oral problems. recently, the scale of oral health outcomes for 5-year-old children (soho-5) was developed based on the children’s self-reports. this study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the persian version of the questionnaire in a sample of iranian...

Background: Multidisciplinary teams that treat patients with cleft lips and palates seek to promote quality of life (QoL) in this population. In this study, we aim to identify instruments in the literature that can be used to assess comprehensive aspects of QoL (related to functionality, aesthetics, and outcomes) for this population. Methods: We searched li­terature­on­PubMed­published­between­...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of dry mouth conditions on oral health-related quality of life in frail old people, residents at community care centers. Further, reliability and validity of a visual analogue scale (VAS) for dry mouth symptoms were determined within the study cohort. BACKGROUND In old people functional, social and psychological impacts of oral...

Abstract Introduction: This cross-sectional research compares the changes in quality of life (QoL) in adolescents experiencing growth modification therapy affected by the COVID-19 pandemic from 2019 to 2020. The participants were among those referring to the orthodontic department of Hamadan Dental School. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of growth modification on oral health r...

Over the past decade there has been an explosion of interest in conceptualizing, developing and assessing the impact of quality life on oral health. It is increasingly recognized that the impact of disease on quality of life should be taken into account when assessing health status. It is likely that tooth loss and denture status, in most cases being a consequence of oral diseases, affects Oral...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the cross-cultural adaptation of the main quality of life instruments related to oral health. Studies on cross-cultural adaptation of oral health-related quality of life measures were searched for in LILACS and MEDLINE. Twenty-nine articles were analyzed, identifying distinct methods for cross-cultural adaptation of oral health-related quality of life measu...

introduction: pulmonary involvement is the most common cause of mortality and disability in patients with systemic sclerosis and it significantly affects the quality of life in these patients. therefore, early diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary involvement seems necessary in patients with ssc. in this study, we aimed to assess the health-related quality of life (hrqol) in patients with sclero...

background: epilepsy is defined as recurrent unprovoked febrile  seizures, which  cause  disability in patients.  this study  aims  to  assess  the  health-related  quality-of-life (qol) in epileptic patients in fars province, southern  iran. methods: one-hundred epileptic  patients, above 18 years, referred to shiraz university of medical sciences affiliated clinics, were included. the qol of ...

purpose one of the most significant current discussions is the effect of different levels of physical activity on health-related quality of life (hrqol), but there have been no studies in iran which investigate this issue. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the level of physical activity and hrqol in iranian women. methods this was an analytical cross-sectional st...