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World J Clin Cases. Jun 26, 2024; 12(18): 3281-3284
Published online Jun 26, 2024. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i18.3281
Table 1 List of various tools used to assess patient-centered treatment outcomes evaluated by different researchers over a period of time
Sr. No.
Patient-centered outcome assessment measures
Instrument
Ref.
1Euro Quality of Life-5 DThis tool assesses five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activity, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depressionBrooks[6] (1996)
2Individual Well Being-Quality of LifeIt is a broad notion that is intricately influenced by an individual's amount of independence, psychological condition, physical health, social relationships, and relationship to prominent environmental characteristics (World Health Organization, 1997)World Health Organization[7] (1997)
3Oral Health Impact ProfileThis instrument has good validity, accuracy, and reliability. It was created to gauge how oral illness affected a person's well-being on a social level. Functional limits, physical pain, psychological discomfort, physical disability, psychological disability, social impairment, and handicap are the seven domains on which it operatesAraújo et al[8] (2010)
4Oral Health-Related Quality of Life-United KingdomConstructed to capture the impact of oral health beyond the absence of disease. It has been used to study correlation between Oral Health-Related Quality of Life and periodontal diseaseNagarajan et al[9] (2012)
5Oral Health Related Quality of Life Provides information to support objective clinical criteria and describes the subjective experiences of patients with their dental health. Functional restrictions, orofacial pain, dentofacial aesthetics, psychosocial impact, and dental health are important factorsHamedy et al[10] (2013)
6General Oral Health Assessment IndexMeasure patient reported oral functional problems like Visual Analogue Scale for pain assessment in Euro Quality of LifeJönsson et al[11] (2014)
7Patient-Reported Outcome MeasureData can be gathered using an electronic or paper-based psychometric questionnaire that had been validatedKyte et al[12] (2016)