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Perceived influence of oral health upon quality of life in heart transplant patients

2011; Medicina Oral S.L.; Linguagem: Inglês

10.4317/medoral.17542

1698-6946

R. Segura-Saint-Gerons, Carmen Segura-Saintgerons, R. Alcantara-Luque, JM. Arizon-del Prado, C. Foronda-Garcia-Hidalgo, A. Blanco-Hungría,

HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations

A study was made of heart transplant patient perception of the influence of oral health upon quality of life, based on the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-49) questionnaire validated for Spanish speaking subjects.A cross-sectional evaluation was made of the heart transplant patients followed-up on in the Heart Transplantation Unit of Reina Sofía University Hospital (Spain), using the OHIP-49 questionnaire. The included patients were all over age 18 and signed the corresponding informed consent to participation in the study. The data were entered in a database and analyzed using the SPSS statistical package.A total of 150 heart transplant patients (118 males and 32 females, with a mean age of 54.94 years; range 19-79) were studied. The subjects showed a poor perceived influence of oral health upon quality of life, with a mean score of 24.43 out of a possible total of 196 points. Women showed significantly improved perception of the influence of oral health upon quality of life versus men.The subjects in our study showed a poor perceived influence of oral health upon quality of life.