ArticleJournal of the American Dental Association (1939)2020
Oral health-related quality of life and unmet dental needs among women living with HIV.
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- Oral health-related quality of life, associated factors, and oral-psychological burden profiles among people living with HIV: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Oral health-related quality of life among reproductive-aged women with HIV in the southern United States.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2026Article
- Perspectives on oral health care integration in HIV care and research in low-resource settings: Insights from patients and key stakeholders in Uganda.Research square · 2025Article
- Study characteristics on health-related quality of life in older people living with human immunodeficiency virus: A narrative review.World journal of virology · 2025Article
- Postmenopausal women with HIV have increased tooth loss.BMC oral health · 2024Article
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- Study of Treatment and Reproductive Outcomes Among Reproductive-Age Women With HIV Infection in the Southern United States: Protocol for a Longitudinal Cohort Study.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- The prevalence and socio-behavioural and clinical covariates of oral health related quality of life in Ugandan mothers with and without HIV-1.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2021Article
- Oral health-related quality of life in patients infected with HIV, Iran: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundOral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is a multidimensional, perception-based measure of how oral health affects social and physical functioning and self-image. OHRQoL is important for assessing women living with HIV (WLWH) who may have unmet dental needs and experience disparities that impact dental care accessibility.
methodsIn 2016, the authors conducted an assessment of OHRQoL among a national sample of 1,526 WLWH in the Women's Interagency HIV Study using the Oral Health Impact Profile instrument, which assesses the frequency of 14 oral health impact items. OHRQoL was measured using multivariable linear regression with a negative binomial distribution to assess the association between report of a recent unmet dental need and OHRQoL.
results"Fair or poor" oral health condition was reported by 37.8% (n = 576) of WLWH. Multivariable linear regression showed that unmet dental needs had the strongest positive association with poor OHRQoL (difference in Oral Health Impact Profile mean, 2.675; P < .001) compared with not having unmet needs. The frequency of dental care utilization was not associated with higher OHRQoL. Older age, fair or poor dental condition, smoking, symptoms of anxiety and loneliness, and poor OHRQoL were also associated with worse OHRQoL.
conclusionSelf-perceived impact of oral health on social and physical function and self-image, as measured by OHRQoL, may be an easily assessable but underrecognized aspect of OHRQoL, particularly among women aging with HIV. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Dentists should implement OHRQoL assessments in their management of the care of patients with HIV to identify those who do have significant oral health impacts.
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