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SynthesisBMC nephrology2020

Oral health-related quality of life in adult patients with end-stage kidney diseases undergoing renal replacement therapy - a systematic review.

Gerhard Schmalz, Susann Patschan, Daniel Patschan, Dirk Ziebolz

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in BMC nephrology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. A Visual Metaphor for Oral Health Education in Hemodialysis Patients: A Pilot Study.Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry
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  16. [Peritoneal dialysis impact on quality of life in elderly].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Gerhard SchmalzDepartment of Cariology, Endodontology and Periodontology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 12, D 04103, Leipzig, Germany. Gerhard.schmalz@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.ORCID 0000-0002-6602-377X
Susann PatschanDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Nephrology, Klinikum Brandenburg, Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg, Neuruppin, Brandenburg, Germany.
Daniel PatschanDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Nephrology, Klinikum Brandenburg, Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg, Neuruppin, Brandenburg, Germany.
Dirk ZiebolzDepartment of Cariology, Endodontology and Periodontology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 12, D 04103, Leipzig, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe oral health of patients undergoing renal replacement therapy (RRT) is insufficient. Poor oral health and its components can affect the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of these patients. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the OHRQoL of adult patients under RRT.

methodsA systematic literature search was performed using the terms: dialysis OR "renal disease" OR kidney OR "renal failure" OR "kidney transplantation" OR hemodialysis OR "peritoneal dialysis" OR "renal replacement therapy" AND "oral health-related quality of life", complemented by manual search. Clinical studies including adults (age ≥ 18 years) that were published between 2009 and 2019 were included in qualitative analysis.

resultsTwelve out of 20 studies were included in the qualitative analysis. The majority (11/12 studies) included patients undergoing haemodialysis (HD), with a sample size between 47 and 512 participants. Two studies included patients after kidney transplantation. Only one-quarter of the investigations included a healthy control group. The overall OHRQoL was found to be reduced. The majority of studies found relationships between OHRQoL and different oral health parameters. Furthermore, several relationships between OHRQoL and general quality of life as well as disease related parameters including age, gender, diabetes, blood parameters and dialysis duration were found. OHRQoL subscales psychological/psychosocial impairment and pain were predominantly affected.

conclusionsPatients under RRT suffer from a reduced OHRQoL, which is potentially influenced by oral health and disease related parameters. Interdisciplinary dental care is needed and should consider both physical and psychosocial issues.

Indexed as

Oral HealthQuality of LifeRenal DialysisHumansKidney Failure, ChronicKidney TransplantationOral HygieneHaemodialysisKidney transplantationOral healthOral health-related quality of lifeRenal replacement therapy

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PMID32349691
PMCPMC7191826

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