title: Validation of a new, specific, complete, and short OHRQoL scale (QoLFAST-10) for wearers of implant overdentures and fixed-detachable hybrid prostheses.
abstract: To validate a new index for assessing the whole concept of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of implant-prosthesis wearers.
  
  
  
  113 patients who were not requesting dental treatment were assigned to: Group 1 (CD; n=38): complete denture users (control); Group 2 (IO; n=38): implant overdenture wearers; and Group 3 (HP; n=37): hybrid implant prosthesis users. Patients answered the newly-designed 'Quality of Life related to Function, Aesthetics, Socialization, and Thoughts about health-behavioural habits' (QoLFAST-10) and the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-20sp) questionnaires. Information on global oral satisfaction, socio-demographic, clinical, and prosthetic-related data were gathered. The QoLFAST-10 was investigated for reliability and validity. The Spearman's test determined the correlations between both indices' scores. Descriptive and non-parametric probes were run to assess the influence of the study variables on the OHRQoL (α=0.05).
  
  
  
  The QoLFAST-10 confirmed its psychometric capacity. HP wearers reported significantly better global and functional satisfaction than did IO wearers. The latter revealed significantly less consciousness about the importance of health-behavioural habits than did CD and HP groups. The level of education, complaints about the mouth, and the global oral satisfaction measures significantly modulated the QoLFAST-10 scores.
  
  
  
  Implant overdentures supplied lower functional and global satisfaction than did hybrid prostheses, and represent the least predictable option concerning the maintenance of the restoration.
  
  
  
  The QoLFAST-10 may help in estimating the impact of implant restorations on patients' well-being. In this regard, hybrid prostheses seem to be the implant treatment of choice when compared with overdentures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Buccofacial Prostheses, Faculty of Dentistry, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Pza. Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: raquel.castillo@ucm.es.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Castillo-Oyagüe
authors.affiliation: Department of Buccofacial Prostheses, Faculty of Dentistry, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Pza. Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: María-Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Suárez-García
authors.affiliation: Department of Buccofacial Prostheses, Faculty of Dentistry, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Pza. Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perea
authors.affiliation: Department of Buccofacial Prostheses, Faculty of Dentistry, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Pza. Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Jaime Del
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Río
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cardiff University, CF14 4XY, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.affiliation: Department of Buccofacial Prostheses, Faculty of Dentistry, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Pza. Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gonzalo
authors.affiliation: Department of Stomatology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Seville (US), C/ Avicena, s/n, 41009, Seville, Spain.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Torres-Lagares
authors.affiliation: Department of Buccofacial Prostheses, Faculty of Dentistry, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Pza. Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Arelis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Preciado
mesh_terms: D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D006801:Humans; D009909:Oral Health; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
keywords: Fixed-detachable hybrid prosthesis.; Implant overdenture; Oral health impact profile (OHIP); Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL); Patient satisfaction; Quality of life with function, aesthetics, socialization, and thoughts of health-behavioural habits (QoLFAST)