Prevalence and impact of xerostomia on the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS from Brazil
| Autor: | Antonio Adilson Soares de Lima, Alexandre Issamu Toda, Mariana Thomaz, Danilo Gustavo Pulita Alanis, Luciana Reis Azevedo-Alanis, Ivana Maria Saes Busato, Beatriz Helena Sottile França |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Oral health medicine.disease_cause Dry mouth medicine.disease humanities stomatognathic diseases stomatognathic system Swallowing Quality of life Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Internal medicine otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Physical therapy medicine.symptom business General Dentistry |
| Zdroj: | Special Care in Dentistry. 33:128-132 |
| ISSN: | 0275-1879 |
| Popis: | Objective: To evaluate the impact of xerostomia on the quality of life (QOL) of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) from Brazil. Study Design: A cross-sectional study was performed on 195 PLWHA. Xerostomia was detected by asking a question about the sensation of having “dry mouth,” and Oral Health Impact Profile 14 (OHIP-14) was used to measure the impact of xerostomia on QOL. Time of diagnosis of HIV/AIDS was assessed. Results: A total of 78 (40.0%) subjects presented with xerostomia. Xerostomia was associated with female gender, low amount of saliva perceived (p ≤ .01), difficulty in swallowing food (p ≤ .05), and showed to have a negative impact on QOL as measured by OHIP-14 (p ≤ .01). Conclusion: Xerostomia was frequent and showed to have a negative impact on the QOL of PLWHA. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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