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ArticleEuropean journal of dentistry

Awareness assessment in Turkish subpopulation with chronic oral mucosal diseases.

Ozlem Okumus, Sevda Kalkan, Gaye Keser, Filiz Namdar Pekiner

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Article in European journal of dentistry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Ozlem OkumusDepartment of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkiye.
Sevda KalkanDepartment of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkiye.
Gaye KeserDepartment of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkiye.
Filiz Namdar PekinerDepartment of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkiye.
Marmara University · TR

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Abstract

objectivesThe aim of this study was to evaluate the awareness of group Turkish patients with chronic oral mucosal diseases by chronic oral mucosal diseases questionnaires (COMDQ). MATERIALS AND

methodsEighty patients with chronic oral mucosal diseases were participated in the study. A detailed medical history of each patient was taken, and all the COMDQ questions, which were translated from English version, were filled out. The data were analyzed with the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences Statistics 22.0.

resultsThe mean ages of patients were 48.91 ± 13.36 years. Of the total 80 cases of chronic oral mucosal diseases identified 52 (65%) were female and 28 (35%) male. The standardized mean scores for COMDQ were 1.72 ± 1.11 for "pain and functional limitation," 1.09 ± 0.94 for "medication and treatment," 2.31 ± 1.06 for "social and emotional," and 2.27 ± 0.83 for "patient support," respectively.

conclusionsThe results of this study indicate that the Turkish version of the COMDQ has the profitable psychometric peculiarity and comfortable to patients with chronic oral mucosal diseases in Turkey.

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Awarenesschronic oral mucosal diseasesquality of life

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