Dipshikha Das|Ipseeta Menon|Ritu Gupta|Vikram Arora|Asifa Ashraf|Iram Ahsan
Impact of Oral Health Literacy on the Quality of Life among Adult Population of Ghaziabad District – A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study
introduction oral health literacy ohl represents far healthy mouth pleasing smile freedom pain infection contributes positively selfesteem leading healthy oral health outcome aim aim study assess ohl level impact oral healthrelated quality life ohrqol among adult population visiting outpatient department hospital ghaziabad district materials methods crosssectional study conducted ghaziabad district total 300 study subjects aged 18 years visiting outpatient department hospital included study ohl level assessed help bilingually adapted hindi ohl tool ohrqol assessed using oral health impact profile14 scale results mean age study subjects 439 1436 years majority 150 50 study subjects inadequate ohl level followed marginal ohl level seen among 90 30 subjects 60 20 subjects adequate ohl level ohl level slightly higher among females compared male subjects although results statistically significant highly statistically significant negative correlation found among ohl scores ohrqol scores individual conclusion study concluded raising ohl scores significant impact ohrqol individual