Impact of Oral Health Education and Oral Prophylaxis on Quality of life of Controlled Diabetic Patients in Lasuth

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dc.contributor.authorOyapero, A.I
dc.contributor.authorAdeniyi, A.A
dc.contributor.authorSofola, O.O
dc.contributor.authorOgbera, A.O
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-29T17:05:25Z
dc.date.available2022-07-29T17:05:25Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionScholarly articleen_US
dc.description.abstractDiabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycaemia. In the oral cavity, diabetes mellitus may lead to salivary dysfunction, increased susceptibility of oral tissues to trauma and periodontal disease. There is a possibility that oral health education and oral prophylaxis may have a positive impact on the OHRQOL of diabetic patients. The purpose of this study therefore, was to evaluate the impact of Oral Health Education and oral prophylaxis on the OHRQOL of diabetic patients at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja (LASUTH) using the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14). The study subjects had an interviewer-administered questionnaire employed to obtain information on their biodata, baseline OHIP-14 scores and periodontal/glycaemic parameters. They then received oral prophylaxis and oral health education and were reviewed at one, three and six months respectively. After 6 months, the periodontal and glycaemic parameters of the subjects were recorded again and the OHIP-14 form was used to evaluate the impact of the interventions on their OHRQOL. At baseline, subjects reported moderate and high impacts on their quality of life in the sub-domains of discomfort, pain, self-consciousness and embarrassment. The prevalence of moderate and severe periodontitis in this study population was 37.5%. At the 6 months review, there was a significant reduction in the Fasting Blood Sugar and 2 hours Post Prandial glucose of the subject was compared to baseline scores. There was also a significant mean reduction in the periodontal parameters and an improvement in the OHRQOL of the subjects. The greatest improvement in OHRQOL was in the subdomain of discomfort, pain, self-consciousness and embarrassment. This study demonstrated that oral prophylaxis and oral health education may result in an improvement in the OHRQOL of the diabetic subjects. Further studies using a randomized controlled trial design are however recommended to validate these findingsen_US
dc.identifier.citationOyapero A, Adeniyi AA, Sofola O, Ogbera AO (2015) Impact of Oral Health Education and Oral Prophylaxis on Quality of life of Controlled Diabetic Patients in Lasuth. J Oral Hyg Health 3: 181. doi: 10.4172/2332-0702.1000181en_US
dc.identifier.issn2332-0702 JOHH
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/10969
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Oral Hygiene and Healthen_US
dc.subjectOral health related quality of lifeen_US
dc.subjectDiabetesen_US
dc.subjectLASUTHen_US
dc.subjectPeriodontal statusen_US
dc.subjectGlycaemic controlen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::ODONTOLOGY::Other odontologyen_US
dc.titleImpact of Oral Health Education and Oral Prophylaxis on Quality of life of Controlled Diabetic Patients in Lasuthen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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