Clinical trial NCT05481567: Periodontitis Stage III and IV and Oral Health Related Quality of Life
Official title: Oral Health Related Quality of Life in Patients Affected by Periodontitis Stage III and IV: a Survey Based on OHIP14 Questionnaire
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Periodontitis
Keywords: Periodontitis
OHIP14
Quality of life
Questionnaire
Lead sponsor: University of Cagliari
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-08-01
Enrollment: 100
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients of any age affected by periodontitis stage III or stage IV willing to answer a questionnaire about their quality of life

Brief summary: Patients diagnosed with stage III or IV periodontitis during routine visits at the department of periodontology will undergo a validated questionnaire to understand the impact of the disease on their quality of life.

Detailed description: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of stage III and stage IV periodontitis on the quality of life of patients and to evaluate the differences of the results between the two forms of the disease.

Patients who presents to our periodontology department for routine follow-up visits, if diagnosed with one of these two forms of periodontitis, will be asked if they intend to answer a short questionnaire with the intent to understand how the disease affects their daily activities and interactions.

The questionnaire that will be used is the short-form Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14), which consists of 14 questions each one formulated in the following way: "How often (impact item) because of problems with your teeth, mouth, or dentures?" The impact items belong to seven different impact domains: (a) functional limitations, (b) physical pain, (c) psychological discomfort, (d) physical disability, (e) psychological disability, (f) social disability, and (g) handicap. Each question could be answered with a score from 0 to 4 corresponding to: 0 = never, 1 = hardly ever, 2 = occasionally, 3 = fairly often, and 4 = very often.

The impact items are:

Had trouble in pronouncing words Felt that sense of taste had worsened Had painful aching in your mouth Found it uncomfortable when eating food Been feeling self-conscious Have you felt tense Diet has been unsatisfactory Had to interrupt meals Found it difficult to relax Been a bit embarrassed Been irritable with other people Had difficulty during usual jobs Felt that life less satisfying Been totally unable to function Overall mean scores as well as for each question and for each impact domain will be calculated and compared with two ways ANOVA statistical analysis.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients affected by periodontitis stage III
* Patients affected by periodontitis stage IV

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients affected by periodontitis stage I
* Patients affected by periodontitis stage II

Primary outcomes:
measure: Overall score
timeFrame: 1 day (At the time of evaluation, the first time the patients is evaluated and diagnosed with either periodontitis stage III or stage IV)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Impact domain score
timeFrame: 1 day (At the time of evaluation, the first time the patients is evaluated and diagnosed with either periodontitis stage III or stage IV)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Monserrato
country: Italy
facility: Policlinico Duilio Casula, AOU Cagliari
state: CA
Study officials:
References:
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