Common tongue conditions affect quality of life: an issue to be recognized

• Published in: Quality of life research Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 777 - 782
• Main Authors: Hapa, Ash, Aksoy, Berna, Aslan, Umut, Atakan, Nilgün
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.06.2012; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Clinics; Dermatology; Disease; Disorders; Epidemiology; Glossitis; Health Status Indicators; Hospitals; Humans; Laboratories; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Mouth diseases; Oral diseases; Oral hygiene; ORAL QOL; Outpatient care facilities; Outpatient clinics; Outpatients - psychology; Pain; Patients; Psychometrics; Public Health; Quality of life; Quality of Life - psychology; Quality of Life Research; Questionnaires; Sociology; Statistical median; Statistics as Topic; Statistics, Nonparametric; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tongue; Tongue - pathology; Tongue diseases; Tongue Diseases - pathology; Tongue Diseases - psychology; Tongue; OHIP-14; Oral disease; Quality of life

Introduction There is an increasing recognition that oral disorders might cause significant impact on life of patients. To date, there has been less focus on oral health-related quality of life (OHR-QoL) measures in outpatient clinics for oral diseases. Aim This study was carried out to test the ass...