Objectives: Aim of this systematic review was to assess oral health-related quality of life
(OHRQoL) of patients after stroke. Methods: The systematic literature search was performed on
December 2021 based on PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, and Scopus, with the search terms: “oral
health-related quality of life” AND stroke OR apoplexy OR ischemic stroke OR apoplectic insult.
Articles exclusively examining patients after stroke and reporting a well-documented and valid
OHRQoL measurement were included. Results: Out of 68 findings, 8 studies were included. The
number of patients ranged between 31 and 549 individuals, mean age between 55.7 and 73.9 years,
and 49–72% of individuals were male. Two studies included a healthy control group. Oral health
parameters were rarely reported across studies. Five studies reported on the Oral Health Impact
Profile (OHIP) 14 for OHRQoL, showing means between 2.87 and 33.0 in sum score. Three studies
applied Geriatric Oral Assessment Index (GOHAI), with sum scores between 45.6 and 55.0. Only one
study found worse OHRQoL in stroke patients compared to healthy controls. Two studies reported
on an association between OHRQoL and general quality of life. Three studies found OHRQoL to be
associated with different oral health parameters. Only one study found OHRQoL to be associated
with stroke-related parameters. Conclusions: Patients after stroke show a reduced OHRQoL. Medical
staff and caregivers should support oral hygiene and dental visits, to foster patients’ oral health
and OHRQoL.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:86000 |
| Date | 13 June 2023 |
| Creators | Schmalz, Gerhard, Li, Simin, Ziebolz, Dirk |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 1415 |
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