Health Related Quality Of Life

1. Introduction:

1.1. Quality of Life
It’s a wide multidimensional concept which consists of many domains (health, jobs, schools, colleges…) which is hard to measure because every person has a different meaning of it.

1.2. General Health
WHO Definition of Health “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” [1]

1.3. Oral Health
WHO Definition of Oral Health “Oral health is a state of being free from chronic mouth and facial pain, oral and throat cancer, oral sores, birth defects such as cleft lip and palate, periodontal (gum) disease, tooth decay and tooth loss, and other diseases and disorders that affect the oral cavity. Risk factors for oral diseases include

HRQoL (Health Related Quality of Life)

2.1. What Is?
CDC defined HRQoL as “an individual’s or group’s perceived physical and mental health over time.” Health Related Quality of Life can be discussed at two levels.
1- Individual level: Physical and mental health and their correlates – including health risks and conditions.
2- Community level: Includes general community health, resources, public health policies, practices that influence a population’s health perceptions and functional status.

2.2. History
• 1920: first used by the British economist Arthur Cecil Pigou.
• After WWII: expansion of such term covering 1952: WHO tackled the QoL topic, and defined It as “the proper.
• and correct perception that a person has of itself in the cultural context and values on which it is embedded, in relation to its objectives, standards, hopes and concerns.”

2.3. Importance
• Build relations between disciplines and social, mental, medical, and physical health
• Prevent diseases, disabilities, injuries and even disasters by studying the relation between health and quality of life
• Achieving national and

OHRQoL (Oral Health Related Quality of Life)

3.1. What is?
Oral health may face many problems, disease starting from mild gingivitis or caries till severe malignancies, which may lead to severe consequences physiologically, psychologically, and sometime economic and social in which have a severe impact on life.
OHRQoL measures functional and psychological outcomes of these oral pathologies.
Many recent researches and studies were made on people suffering from dental problems, studying their quality of life before and after the dental treatment.
3.2. Importance
• Discovering responses of the