Validation of Oral Health Impact Profile-14 and its association with Hypossialia in a Sj ögren Syndrome Portuguese Population.
CONCLUSION: Within the limitations of this study, the OHIP-14-PT seems to be a valid and reliable instrument for measuring oral health related quality of life in patients with Sjögren´s Syndrome. Both differential and stimulated salivary flows seem to correlate negatively with age and the quality of life is significantly diminished by lower stimulated salivary flow rates.
PMID: 29506016 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa - Category: Rheumatology Authors: Amaral J, Sanches C, Marques D, Vaz Patto J, Barcelos F, Mata A Tags: Acta Reumatol Port Source Type: research
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