TY  - JOUR
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To investigate the frequency of impaired oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in patients with dental anxiety. METHODS: OHRQoL was measured with the German version of the 14-item Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) developed by Slade and Spencer (1994) in 173 adult patients with dental anxiety [Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) score 15 or above and Dental Fear Survey (DFS) score 60 or above]. The OHIP summary scores were characterized with an empirical cumulative distribution function and compared with the level of impaired OHRQoL in the general population (n = 2026, age: 16-79 years). In addition, OHIP item prevalences (responses 'fairly often'/'very often') were compared between patients and population subjects. The correlation between DAS, DFS and OHIP scores was calculated using the Pearson correlation coefficient. RESULTS: A median value of 1 and a 90th percentile value of 13 were observed for general population subjects. In contrast, patients with phobic dental anxiety had a median OHIP-14 of 21 and the 90th percentile of 40. All problems mentioned in the OHIP-14 were more prevalent in patients than in population subjects. The most frequently occurring items in patients were 'self-conscious', 'life in general was less satisfying', and 'feeling tense' with prevalences of 50% or greater. In contrast, these items had prevalences of only 1-3% in the general population. A low to moderate relationship between OHRQoL and both dental anxiety measures (DAS and DFS) was observed (r = 0.25/0.26, P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Patients with dental anxiety/fear suffer considerably from impaired OHRQoL and the degree of this impairment is related to the extent of dental anxiety/fear.
AD  - Dental Fears Clinic, Hamburg, Germany. mehrstedt@gmx.de
AN  - 17822484
AU  - Mehrstedt, Mats
AU  - John, Mike T.
AU  - Tönnies, Sven
AU  - Micheelis, Wolfgang
DA  - Oct
DO  - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2007.00376.x
IS  - 5
J2  - Community Dent Oral Epidemiol
KW  - Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Anxiety/psychology
Attitude to Health
Dental Anxiety/*psychology
Eating/physiology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
*Oral Health
Pain/psychology
Personal Satisfaction
*Quality of Life
Self Concept
Stress, Psychological/psychology
L1  - internal-pdf://2517888615/Mehrstedt-2007-Oral health-related quality of.pdf
N1  - Mehrstedt, Mats
John, Mike T
Tonnies, Sven
Micheelis, Wolfgang
eng
Comparative Study
Denmark
2007/09/08 09:00
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2007 Oct;35(5):357-63.
PY  - 2007
SN  - 0301-5661 (Print)
0301-5661 (Linking)
SP  - 357-363
ST  - Oral health-related quality of life in patients with dental anxiety
T2  - Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
TI  - Oral health-related quality of life in patients with dental anxiety
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17822484
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VL  - 35
ID  - 1319
ER  -