Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Impact of Oral Submucous Fibrosis on Quality of Life: A Multifactorial Assessment

  • Original Article
  • Published:
Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Background

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) has been extensively researched for its etiopathogenesis, malignant potential, and various available treatment modalities, but its effect on different domains of patient’s life has not been thoroughly investigated. The present study aimed to clearly construe the effects of OSMF like severity and demographic variables on different domains of quality of life in OSMF patients.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Dentistry, AIIMS Jodhpur, India. A total of 200 patients (after informed consent) were selected and detailed proforma filled including patient’s demographics, habits, clinical features, and quality of life using a World Health Organization Quality of life-BREF tool (WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire). Thereafter, interpretation and statistics were done by a separate trained examiner minimizing the risk of assessment bias.

Result

Quality of life (QOL) scores differed significantly according to age, site affected, habit duration, and severity of OSMF. It, however, did not differ according to gender.

Conclusion

In this study, there has been a statistically significant deterioration of quality of life in OSMF patients in all the domains. Realization of this would increase our chance to bring the focus of the society and its policy makers to confront the growing menace of OSMF.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Bansal SK, Leekha S, Puri D (2013) Biochemical changes in OSMF. J Adv Med Dent Sci 1:101–105

    Google Scholar 

  2. Siddiqui SN, Saawarn N, Nair PP et al (2014) Eustachian tube dysfunction in OSMF-often present seldom discovered. J Clin Exp Dent 6:e369–e373

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Nigam NK, Aravinda K, Dhillon M, Gupta S, Reddy S, Raju MS (2014) Prevalence of oral submucous fibrosis among habitual gutkha and areca nut chewers in Moradabad district. J Oral Biol Craniofac Res 4(1):8–13

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Chaudhry K, Bali R, Patnana AK et al (2018) Impact of oral submucous fibrosis on quality of life: a cross-sectional study. J Maxillofac Oral Surg. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-018-1114-3

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. The WHOQOL Group (1998) Development of the World Health Organization WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment. Psychol Med 28(3):551–558

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Haider SM, Merchant AT, Fikree FF, Rahbar MH (2000) Clinical and functional staging of oral submucous fibrosis. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 38(1):12–15

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Koneru A, Hunasgi S (2014) Interdisciplinary approach toward treatment of oral submucous fibrosis: a review. Int J Contemp Dent 5:22–24

    Google Scholar 

  8. Murti PR, Bhonsle RB, Pindborg JJ, Daftary DK, Gupta PC, Mehta FS (1985) Malignant transformation rate in oral submucous fibrosis over a 17-year period. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 13:340–341

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Chitguppi C, Brar T (2017) Paediatric oral submucous fibrosis—the neglected pre-malignancy of childhood. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 97:55–60

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Sinor PN, Gupta PC, Murti PR, Bhonsle RB, Daftary DK, Mehta FS et al (1990) A case-control study of oral submucous fibrosis with special reference to the etiologic role of areca nut. J Oral Pathol Med 19:94–98

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Kumar S (2016) Oral submucous fibrosis: a demographic study. J Indian Acad Oral Med Radiol 28:124–128

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Hazarey VK, Erlewad DM, Mundhe KA, Ughade SN (2007) Oral submucous fibrosis: study of 1000 cases from central India. J Oral Pathol Med 36(1):12–17

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Sahmadhavi N, Raju MA, Reddy R, Ramesh T, Tabassum D, Ramya K (2013) Impact of oral diseases on quality of life in subjects attending out-patient department of a dental hospital, India. J Orofac Sci 5:27–31

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Caglayan F, Altun O, Miloglu O, Kaya MD, Yilmaz AB (2009) Correlation between oral health-related quality of life (OHQoL) and oral disorders in a Turkish patient population. Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 14(11):e573–e578

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. Shukla AK, Kumar R, Kumar A (2017) Correlation of clinical grading to various chewing habits factors with oral Submucous fibrosis: a cross sectional study. Int J Med Health Res 9:23–25

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Dentistry, AIIMS Jodhpur, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

    Kirti Chaudhry & Arun Kumar Patnana

  2. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, DAV Dental College and Hospital, Yamunanagar, Haryana, India

    Rishi Bali

  3. Dr S.N Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

    Chandrashekhar Chattopadhyay

  4. Community and Family Medicine, AIIMS Jodhpur, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

    Prem Prakash Sharma

  5. Trauma and Emergency, AIIMS Jodhpur, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

    Shruti Khatana

Authors
  1. Kirti Chaudhry
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Rishi Bali
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Arun Kumar Patnana
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Chandrashekhar Chattopadhyay
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Prem Prakash Sharma
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Shruti Khatana
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Shruti Khatana.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Ethical Approval

All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. No studies were done on animals by the author. Ethical approval was taken from the Institutional Ethical Committee.

Informed Consent

Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Chaudhry, K., Bali, R., Patnana, A.K. et al. Impact of Oral Submucous Fibrosis on Quality of Life: A Multifactorial Assessment. J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. 19, 251–256 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-019-01190-4

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-019-01190-4

Keywords

Search

Navigation