Assessment of Impact of Prosthodontic Intervention on the Oral Health Related Quality of Life among Post COVID-19 Mucormycosis Affected Individuals in Central India
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
; 16(4):ZC13-ZC17, 2022.
Article
in English
| Web of Science | ID: covidwho-1820493
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
The currently prevalent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has amounted to various co-morbid conditions amongst patients and mucormycosis has been one among them. A globally emerging disease, this requires aggressive surgical treatment that necessitates due prosthetic rehabilitation.Aim:
To assess the impact of prosthodontic intervention on the Oral Health Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) through Oral Health Impact Profile 14 (OHIP-14) questionnaire in post COVID-19 mucormycosis affected individuals. Materials andMethods:
The following study was a questionnaire-based prospective interventional study. The study population included post COVID-19 mucormycosis affected individuals who sought prosthodontic therapy for rehabilitation from the month of April 2021 to October 2021. The study instituted the questionnaire amongst 48 consenting participants. The OHIP-14 questionnaire was validated in their native languages and data was collected before and one month after prosthodontic intervention. Data was statistically analysed by the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.Results:
For all the individual questions, OHRQoL impact showed a significant decrease following prosthetic intervention (p-value <0.05). Total OHIP score also showed a significant decrease post-treatment (p-value=0.001).Conclusion:
Percentage improvement of OHRQoL ranging from 34.79% to 59.86% post prosthodontic intervention was observed. Thus, the impact of prosthodontic therapy among post COVID-19 mucormycosis affected individuals on the OHRQoL of the patient is positively significant.
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Web of Science
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
Topics:
Long Covid
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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