Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · Indians
Results were inconsistent and certainty was very low.
1 finding from 1 review
Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · Indians
Malocclusion is associated with poor OHRQoL but certainty is very low.
1 finding from 1 review
Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · Indians
Prosthetic need is associated with poor OHRQoL (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · Indians
Results were inconsistent and certainty was very low.
1 finding from 1 review
Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · Indians
Results were inconsistent and certainty was very low.
1 finding from 1 review
Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · Children aged 3-12 years
Children from low-income families had higher odds of poor OHRQoL (OR 1.16, 95% CI 1.11-1.21; 4 studies; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 1.16 [1.11, 1.21]
4 studies
GRADE not reported
Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · Children aged 3-12 years
Children aged 3 years had higher odds of poor OHRQoL than older children (OR 2.00, 95% CI 1.42-2.57; 2 studies; ungraded).
2 findings from 1 review
OR 2.00 [1.42, 2.57]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
OR 2.13 [1.50, 2.76]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · Children aged 3-12 years
A trim-and-fill sensitivity analysis pooling every exposure estimate gave an overall OR of 0.17 (95% CI 0.13-0.21) after correcting for significant publication bias (Fig. 13); this combined estimate spans heterogeneous exposures and is a publication-bias sensitivity result (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · Children aged 3-12 years
Periodontal disease was associated with higher odds of poor OHRQoL (OR 1.15, 95% CI 1.12-1.18; 3 studies; no heterogeneity; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 1.15 [1.12, 1.18]
3 studies
GRADE not reported
Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · Children aged 3-12 years
Girls had modestly higher odds of poor OHRQoL than boys (OR 1.13, 95% CI 1.09-1.17; 3 studies; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 1.13 [1.09, 1.17]
3 studies
GRADE not reported
Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · Children aged 3-12 years
Higher dental caries experience was associated with substantially higher odds of poor OHRQoL (OR 1.66, 95% CI 1.43-1.88; 6 studies; high heterogeneity I2=83.5%; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 1.66 [1.43, 1.88]
6 studies
GRADE not reported
Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · Children aged 3-12 years
Lower maternal education was associated with poor OHRQoL (OR 1.12, 95% CI 1.00-1.23; 4 studies; high heterogeneity; CI lower bound at the null; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 1.12 [1.00, 1.23]
4 studies
GRADE not reported
Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · Children aged 3-12 years
Orthodontic treatment need was associated with modestly higher odds of poor OHRQoL (OR 1.13, 95% CI 1.07-1.18; 3 studies; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 1.13 [1.07, 1.18]
3 studies
GRADE not reported
Oral health-related quality of life · Indian elderly
One study found edentulism did not affect OHRQoL (dichotomous); ungraded.
1 finding from 1 review
Oral health-related quality of life · Indians
In adolescents (10-19 years), dental caries was associated with poorer OHRQoL (pooled OR 3.92; 5 studies); ungraded.
3 findings from 1 review
Oral health-related quality of life · Indian adults and elderly (general, police, teachers, institutionalised)
Evidence on periodontal disease (CPI) and OHRQoL is inconsistent across studies (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Periodontal disease (CPI) vs none: studies show inconsistency; two studies showed poor QoL (Nagarajappa 2015, Saxena 2018), one no significant association (Shivakumar 2018); 1345 participants, 3 observational studies;…
3 studies · 1345 participants
Very low
Oral health-related quality of life · Indian children, adolescents and adults
Individuals with malocclusion had significantly higher odds of poor OHRQoL (pooled OR 5.44; 6 studies), but certainty is very low.
1 finding from 1 review
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).
1 finding from 1 review
Prosthetic 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 participants
Moderate
Oral health-related quality of life · Indian elderly
Evidence on functional edentulism and OHRQoL is inconsistent across two studies (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Functional edentulism vs none: studies show inconsistency; one study found a significant association (Pushpanjali 2013), one did not (Shivakumar 2018); 368 participants, 2 observational studies; Very low certainty (Fig…
2 studies · 368 participants
Very low
Oral health-related quality of life · Indian adults and elderly (general, police, teachers, institutionalised)
Dichotomous evidence for periodontal disease (LOA) and OHRQoL was inconsistent across three studies; ungraded.
1 finding from 1 review
Periodontal disease (LOA) and QoL (dichotomous): two studies found a significant association (Saxena 2018, Abhishek 2016), one denied it (Nagarajappa 2015, P=0.687). Not pooled.
3 studies
GRADE not reported