title: [Oral health impact profile. an instrument for measuring the impact of oral health on the quality of life].
abstract: A Dutch-language version of the Oral Health Impact Profile, a questionnaire by means of which the impact of oral health on the quality of life of patients can be determined, was developed and subsequently psychometrically tested among a group of patients with complaints concerning missing dentition or their dentures. In addition, a shortened version of this so-called OHIP-NL49, the OHIP-NL14, was psychometrically tested among a group of patients with temporomandibular disorders. The psychometrical characteristics of both the OHIP-NL49 and the OHIP-NL14 were very good: both the reliability and the validity were high. The conclusion was, that the OHIP-NL49 and the OHIP-NL14 are well suited for determining the impact of oral health on the quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Uit de afdeling Functieleer en Restauratieve Tandheelkunde, leerstoelgroep Orale Kinesiologie, van het Academisch Centrum voor Tandheelkunde Amsterdam. m.vd.meulen@acta.nl
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: van der Meulen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lobbezoo
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naeije
mesh_terms: D002054:Burning Mouth Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003778:Dentures / Q000523:psychology; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D009909:Oral Health; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011788:Quality of Life; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires