Generic and oral quality of life is affected by oral mucosal diseases.
BACKGROUND
The generic and oral health-related quality of life (QoL) has provided opportunity for investigation of the interrelations among generic health, oral health, and related outcomes. The purpose of this study was to identify the generic and oral QoL in the patients with oral mucosal disease (OMD).


METHODS
Five hundred and thirty-eight OMDs were recruited in this study. The instruments applied were Chinese version of the 36-item short form health survey (SF-36) and the short-form of Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14).


RESULTS
The mean score of sum OHIP-14 was significantly higher in the patients with OMD (10.81 ± 9.01) compared with those in the healthy subjects (HS) (6.55 ± 6.73) (p < 0.001, Mann-Whitney U test). 56.51% of the OMD patients and 12.94% of the HS reported at least one oral negative impact (p < 0.001, Chi-square test). The overall mean score of SF-36 was significantly lower in the patients with OMD (74.54 ± 12.77) compared with those in the HS (77.97 ± 12.39) (p = 0.021, t-test).


CONCLUSIONS
Administration of specific and generic questionnaires of QoL can provide us a detailed picture of the impact of OMDs on patients, and both generic and oral QoL were impaired in the patients with OMD.
Department of Oral Mucosal Diseases, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
Li-Jun
LJ
Liu
Wen
W
Xiao
Qing-Bo
QB
He
Wei-Wen
WW
Jiang
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002054:Burning Mouth Syndrome / Q000523:psychology; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000523:psychology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D017676:Lichen Planus, Oral / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa; D011788:Quality of Life; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013281:Stomatitis, Aphthous / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult