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. 2022 Jun 3;13:131–143. doi: 10.2147/PROM.S256724

Table 5.

Instruments Frequently Used in Prosthodontic Research That Comprise the Dimensions of OHRQoL

Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) Atchinson & Dolan, 199037
  • Assesses the functional and psychological burdens, such as pain and discomfort to and oral condition.

  • Potential to assess the quality of life of edentulous patients, considering how much impact an oral disease has on his quality of life.

  • Provides qualitative and quantitative information.

  • Divided into three domains (physical, psychological and pain and discomfort), and includes 12 items that belongs to these domains.

  • Can place greater weight compared to OHIP-14 in terms of functional limitations, pain, and discomfort.

  • A higher score indicates better oral health in ADD-GOHAI (range from 12 to 60), or indicates poor perception of oral health in SC-GOHAI (range from 0 to 12).

Oral Impacts on Daily Performance (OIDP) Adulyanon & Sheiham, 199738
  • Assesses OHRQoL in terms of adverse impacts that oral conditions can have on everyday life experiences.

  • There is an association with clinical indicators and what the patient reports about their health.

  • Measures the physical, psychological and social aspects of performances.

  • Limitations: There is little evidence if the use of this instrument is suitable to measure whether changes that occur in oral health are due to age or as a consequence of treatment. The priorities of the participants, according to their clinical status, vary from what is depicted in the instrument.

Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) Slade & Spencer, 199420
  • Assesses the functional and psychological burdens, such as pain and discomfort to and oral condition.

  • Potential to assess the quality of life of edentulous patients, considering how much impact an oral disease has on his quality of life.

  • Provides qualitative and quantitative information.

  • OHIP-14: a short version of OHIP, including 14 items.

  • OHIP-EDENT: a more specific questionnaire for edentulous subjects, including 19 items that belongs to seven dimensions (functional limitation, pain, psychological discomfort, physical disability, psychological disability, social disability, and handicap). This instrument comprises issues related to masticatory function and changes in perception of oral health after prosthesis treatment, such as difficulty chewing and food stuck.

  • OHIP-14 and OHIP-EDENT are related to the social impacts of oral disorders.

Dental Impacts on Daily Living (DIDL) Leao & Sheiham, 199639
  • Allows access measures of oral health related to quality of life.

  • Comprises items evolving appearance, pain, comfort, eating restrictions, and general performance.

  • Differentiates the subjective impacts according to which social class, group and sex the patient belongs.

Note: Data from these studies.20,37–39