Co Relation between PUFA Index and Oral Health Related Quality of Life of a Rural Population in India: A Cross-Sectional Study.
BACKGROUND
A new measuring system called PUFA index had been identified to quantify the consequences of untreated dental caries. The co relation between PUFA index and oral health related quality of life has not been documented so far in India and thereby the need for this study Design: Cross-sectional observational study.


METHODS
Sample size of 212 subjects, who are the residents of a town in Rangareddy district were included to be a part of this study. The subjects were interviewed for the OHIP score and the clinical examination done to record the PUFA scores.


RESULTS
The main objective of this study was to find out if there was any correlation between the OHIP scores and the study subjects and using the Pearson' s co relation coefficient, there was a significant correlation between the OHIP and the PUFA scores.(Pearson' s correlation= 0.31) CONCLUSION: The mean OHIP and PUFA scores of the study subjects were 2.21 and 0.40 respectively. There is a positive correlation between the OHIP score and the PUFA score among the study population i.e. with the PUFA scores increasing, it has a detrimental effect on the oral health related quality of life of the individual.
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences , Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh, India .
Bhoopathi Haricharan
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Praveen
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery , Vikarabad, Andhra Pradesh, India .
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Prathibha
Professor and Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery , Vikarabad, Andhra Pradesh, India .
P Parthasarthi
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Reddy
Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery , Vikarabad, Andhra Pradesh, India .
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Monica
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, SVS Institute of Dental Sciences , Mahabubnagar, India .
Amit
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Samba
Assistant Professor, KLR Lenora Institute of Dental Sciences , Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India .
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Rajesh
OHIP-14; Oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL); PUFA