Prosthetic need vs Individuals without prosthetic need
Oral health-related quality of life · Indian elderly and general-population adults
Prosthetic need was significantly associated with poorer OHRQoL in both included studies (moderate certainty).
3 findings from 1 review
- Impact of oral conditions on oral health-related quality of life among Indians- a systematic review and Meta-analysis. 2023 All outcomesIndia; community-based and institutional settings across multiple statesProsthetic need vs none: both included studies showed a significant association with poor QoL (Nagarajappa 2015, Shivakumar 2018); 950 participants, 2 observational studies; Moderate certainty (Fig 1 GRADE SoF). No…2 studies · 950 participantsModerate
- Impact of oral conditions on oral health-related quality of life among Indians- a systematic review and Meta-analysis. 2023 All outcomesIndia; community-based and institutional settings across multiple statesProsthetic need and QoL (continuous, OHIP-14): prosthetic need was significantly related to various components of OHRQoL (Joseph 2016). Single study, not pooled.1 studyGRADE not reported
- Impact of oral conditions on oral health-related quality of life among Indians- a systematic review and Meta-analysis. 2023 All outcomesIndia; community-based and institutional settings across multiple statesProsthetic need and QoL (continuous, GOHAI): of three studies, one found no significant difference (Shetty 2013) and two proved the association (Pillai 2015, Rekhi 2018). Not pooled.3 studiesGRADE not reported