European Journal of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry

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Cover Date:
September 2007
Print ISSN:
0965-7452
Vol:
15
Issue:
3

A Survey of Consultants and Specialists in Restorative Dentistry on their use of Health-Related Quality of Life questionnaires.

Abstract - A national survey of 178 consultants and specialists in restorative dentistry was undertaken to assess their use of health-related quality of life questionnaires in patients having oral rehabilitation following treatment for oral cancer. The response rate was 74% (132). 42% treated patients following oral cancer, 25% forming part of the head and neck multidisciplinary team. Only 19% had ever used questionnaires. Main barriers to their use were lack of experience with evaluation (27%), lack of staff to administer questionnaires (21%) and insufficient time (18%). Few clinicians thought that questionnaires were not clinically relevant or that no suitable instrument existed. In order to facilitate the use of an oral rehabilitation-specific questionnaire in clinical practice there needs to be greater awareness of the potential benefits, training in the process and the means of reducing the administrative burden.

KEY WORDS: Oral rehabilitation, oral cancer, questionnaire, survey

Article Price
£15.00
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Page Start
122
Page End
126
Authors
Adrian Pace-Balzan, Christopher J Butterworth, Luke Dawson, Derek Lowe, Simon N Rogers

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