Health Qual Life Out
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Health Qual Life Out · Oct 2012
Comparative StudyComparison of the OHIP-14 and GOHAI as measures of oral health among elderly in Lebanon.
The respective abilities of the GOHAI and OHIP-14 to discriminate between aged patients with different levels of oral diseases have rarely been studied in developing countries. The aim of this study was to compare the discriminative abilities of the OHIP-14 and the GOHAI in an elderly Lebanese population, and particularly to identify persons with different masticatory function. ⋯ Lebanese elderly with high dental care needs and impaired oral health were identified more easily with the GOHAI. These results may guide the choice of dental indicators to use in a national geriatric survey.