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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Assessing the Quality of Life of Oral Submucous Fibrosis Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study Using the WHOQOL-BREF Tool.

Abdul Bari Memon, Aneela Atta Ur Rahman, Kashif Ali Channar, Muhammad Sohail Zafar, Naresh Kumar

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Abdul Bari MemonMedical Research Centre, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro 76090, Pakistan.
Aneela Atta Ur RahmanMedical Research Centre, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro 76090, Pakistan.
Kashif Ali ChannarDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dentistry, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro 76090, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-0174-3549
Muhammad Sohail ZafarDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al Madinah, Al Munawwarah 41311, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5157-7067
Naresh KumarMedical Research Centre, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro 76090, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-2030-6907

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the quality of life (QoL) of oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) patients using the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire. This cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS), Jamshoro. We used the consecutive sampling technique to recruit patients who were clinically diagnosed with OSMF (

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Oral Submucous FibrosisQuality of LifeCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesWorld Health Organizationoral submucous fibrosisoverall healthquality of lifereliability

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