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                                                                                                                                                               Original Articles
ORAL REHABILITATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN
PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS UNDERGOING
DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION
Ana María Morasso1-6a , María Lujan Pérez Meyer1-5b                      , Sergio Thefs1-4c       , Luciana D´Eramo2-3d          , Noemí Bordoni3e ,
Aldo Fabián Squassi2-3f*

1Doctorado en Ciencias de la Administración, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2Cátedra de Odontología Preventiva y Comunitaria, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
3Instituto de Investigaciones en Salud Pública, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
4Odontología Legal, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
5Universidad Nacional de San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires, Argentina
6Especialización en Odontología Legal, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina
aDDS; MS; PhD; Professor; e-mail: anamariamorasso@gmail.com; ORCIDiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7471-2383
bPhD; e-mail: malupm@gmail.com; ORCIDiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2251-4371
cPhD; e-mail: sergiothefs@gmail.com; ORCIDiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5378-2155
dDDS; Associated Professor; e-mail: luciana.deramo@odontologia.uba.ar; ORCIDiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0034-8835
eDDS; PhD; Emeritus Professor; e-mail: nbordoni14@gmail.com; ORCIDiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8147-9564
fDDS, PhD; Chairman, PhD; e-mail: aldo.squassi@odontologia.uba.ar; ORCIDiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7687-5805

ABSTRACT                                                                            https://doi.org/10.25241/stomaeduj.2022.9(3-4).art.4

Introduction Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) measures can be used in mentally impaired
groups to evaluate the consequences of oral health treatments. The objective of this study was to describe
the impact of a prosthetic rehabilitation treatment on oral health-related quality of life in psychiatric adults
in the process of deinstitutionalization.
Methodology We designed a quasi-experimental study to assess the OHRQoL of patients with mental
disorders before and after prosthetic treatment on a sample of 165 institutionalized neuropsychiatric patients
between 18 and 65 years of age (x=50.24 y.o.; SD= 7.85). Before treatment, the validated Spanish version
of OHIP-14 was filled out by each participant. Caries experience was assessed using the DMFT index. Sex,
age, type of mental disorder, length of hospitalization, and permanence in a deinstitutionalization program
were registered. The diagnoses of the psychiatric pathologies were transcribed from the medical records,
following the DSM-IV criteria. The therapeutic intervention consisted in manufacturing and installing partial
and complete removable acrylic prostheses, according to each patient’s needs.
Results The sample had a DMFT index mean of 19.71 (SD=5.54). Missing teeth represented 86.86% of the
total of the DMFT index. The OHIP-14 score before the intervention had a mean value of 26.06 (SD=8.74).
After the prosthetic treatment, the OHIP-14 score had a mean value of 7.70 (SD=3.96). The statistical analysis
revealed a significant difference between pre and post treatment intervention (p= 0.018).
Conclusion This study showed that oral rehabilitation affected the oral health-related quality of life of
patients with psychiatric disorders included in a social integration program.
KEYWORDS
Quality of Life; Deinstitutionalization; Mental Disorders; Oral Health; Prostheses and Implants

1. INTRODUCTION                                                                construct that has become a significant parameter
                                                                               to assess how oral health impacts daily function,
People with mental disabilities frequently present                             well-being, and social interaction 1.
poor oral health and require extensive dental                                  There is growing interest in quantifying the
treatment. Dental caries and periodontal disease                               consequences of the disease that affect function,
are among the most common conditions affecting                                 comfort, and the ability to carry out daily activities or
patients with psychiatric disorders [1]. Poor oral                             the impact of health care services or the treatment
health can lead to pain, eating problems, sleeping                             of diseases. In general, dysfunction, discomfort,
disorders, and diminished self-esteem, all of which                            or disability measures can be used to assess the
can affect an individual’s quality of life. Oral health-                       "burden of disease" or collectively the social impact
related quality of life (OHRQOL) is a multidimensional                         [2].
           OPEN ACCESS This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
           Peer-Reviewed Article
   Citation: Morasso AM, Pérez Meyer ML, Thefs S, D´Eramo L, Bordoni N, Squassi AF. Oral rehabilitation and quality of life in psychiatric patients undergo-
   ing deinstitutionalization. Stoma Edu J. 2022;9(3-4):103-107.
   Received: September 29, 2022; Revised: October 14, 2022 Accepted: October 21, 2022; Published: November 03, 2022.
   *Corresponding author: Prof. Aldo Fabián Squassi, Cátedra de Odontología Preventiva y Comunitaria, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad de Bue-
   nos Aires, MT de Alvear 2142, 5th floor, Suite B, CP 1122 Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel/Fax: +54 11 5287 6253; e-mail: aldo.squassi@odontologia.uba.ar
   Copyright: © 2022 the Editorial Council for the Stomatology Edu Journal.




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                    Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL)                Before treatment, the validated Spanish version of
Original Articles   measures are beginning to be used in mentally               OHIP-14 [7] was filled out by each participant as a tool
                    impaired groups with examinations and clinical              to measure OHRQoL. OHIP-14 includes 14 questions
                    trials and studies evaluating the consequences of           to assess how oral health influences psychosocial and
                    oral health component programs. They also play              physical domains of a person's life. A Likert scale was
                    an essential role in identifying needs, selecting           used for answering as below: 0-never, 1-hardly ever,
                    therapies, and monitoring patient progress [3].             2-occasionally, 3-reasonably often, 4-very often. The
                    When OHRQoL measurements are used to                        total score of OHIP-14 is between 0 and 56, with higher
                    accompany traditional clinical indicators to measure        scores indicating lower OHRQoL.
                    states of the oral health component, it is more             In addition, intraoral examinations to evaluate dental
                    understandable to assess the impact of the disease          conditions were performed by a trained examiner. The
                    or the measures applied on some dimensions. These           examinations were conducted with the participant
                    dimensions, which include functional limitation,            seated and the examiner using a head flashlight, a
                    physical pain, psychological discomfort, physical,          WHO dental probe, and a mirror. The data that describe
                    psychological, social, and opportunity disability, do       the baseline situation of the oral health component
                    not exempt the analysis of other domains such as            obtained by direct observation were recorded in an
                    oral functions, orofacial pain, psychosocial impact,        individual file, with a graphic diagram of the dental
                    and appearance, which must also be described [4].           state. This diagram representing the teeth allowed the
                    One of the proposed instruments is the Oral Health          registration based on predetermined symbols of all the
                    Impact Profile (OHIP) that assesses perceptions of          prevalent pathology and the therapeutic resolution
                    the social impact of diseases or disorders and oral         carried out before the moment of observation,
                    well-being. This questionnaire can be an excellent          with the precision of the tooth and each of the five
                    option to identify the dimensions of Oral Health-           surfaces that compose it. Caries experience was
                    related to quality of life as it is a reliable instrument   assessed using the decayed, missing, and filled teeth
                    sensitive to changes and with adequate consistency          (DMFT index), based on the WHO criteria modified
                    in cultural crossing [5]. The objective of this             without taking into account code WHO1 (initial lesions
                    study was to describe the impact of a prosthetic            without cavitation) due to difficulties in managing
                    rehabilitation treatment on oral health-related             patients and ensuring appropriate dryness of dental
                    quality of life in psychiatric adults in the process of     surfaces. Caries experience was evaluated according
                    deinstitutionalization.                                     to cavitated lesions ('D' component of the index).
                                                                                Also, during the baseline examination, we
                    2. METHODS AND MATERIALS                                    registered the sex, age, type of mental disorder,
                                                                                length of hospitalization, and permanence in a
                    We designed a quasi-experimental study to assess the        deinstitutionalization program, and we considered
                    OHRQoL of patients with mental disorders before and         independent variables. The diagnoses of the
                    after prosthetic treatment.                                 psychiatric pathologies were transcribed from the
                    The target population was a universe of 240                 medical records, following the DSM-IV criteria [8]
                    neuropsychiatric patients from a monovalent                 The therapeutic intervention consisted of the
                    institution of the Public Health System under the           manufacture and installation of partial and complete
                    Outpatient and Assisted Rehabilitation Program for          removable acrylic prostheses, according to the needs
                    Social Integration. The study was carried out in the        of each patient. The same operator carried out the
                    Community Mental Health Centers (CSMC) of La Plata
                                                                                treatment. Six months after the prosthetic treatment
                    (Province of Buenos Aires), institutions dependent on
                                                                                was completed, the patients were asked to fill out the
                    a regional hospital. A random sample of adults of both
                                                                                OHIP-14 for the second time.
                    sexes was selected through systematic sampling, and
                    institutional records were used for integration.
                    We included patients between 18 and 65 years old,           2.1 Statistical analysis
                    with a permanence under the program for a period            The observations were presented for the statistical
                    of more than two months. We excluded from the               treatment as ordinal scale enumeration data. The
                    study patients who were already carriers of prosthetic      arithmetic, median, and dispersion mean, standard
                    rehabilitation in any of its types; patients with general   deviation and interquartile range were estimated as
                    motor function disorders classified as severe; and          central tendency data.
                    patients who, due to the characteristics, symptoms,         Confidence intervals were calculated to infer the
                    and associated disorders of the psychiatric pathology,      data results obtained from the sample to the target
                    the medical criteria considered the use of prostheses       population. The distribution of the DMFT and
                    as a risk.                                                  OHIP14 values were analyzed using Box Plot, Q-Q
                    In recognition of mental illnesses people’s rights [6],     Plot diagrams, and the Anderson-Darling, Cramer-
                    the study was carried out with the authorization of         Von Mises, Shapiro-France, and Kolmogorov-Smirnov
                    the organization's executive staff and the consent of       numerical tests. The students’ t and z-test for DMFT
                    the authorities, curators, or legal representatives, as     were used as hypothesis test. Mann Whitney's non-
                    well as the consent of the patients.                        parametric test was used for OHIP14.



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3. RESULTS                                                               4. DISCUSSION




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The sample was made up of 165 adults (x = 50.24                          The proposal for the treatment of patients with chronic
years old; SD = 7.85) of both sexes with a diagnosis                     evolution pathologies in their reintegration into the
of psychiatric pathologies in the process of                             community leads to the creation of devices that guide
deinstitutionalization, 97 females (x = 51.91 y.o.; SD                   the therapeutic objectives to maintain clinical stability
= 7.44) and 68 males (x = 48.97 y.o.; SD = 8.04), without                and include rehabilitation and social reintegration.
significant differences between gender (p = 0.185).                      The study included combined clinical and subjective
The time of institutionalization prior to entering the                   indicators for a multidimensional approach to the
deinstitutionalization program was 16.40 years (10.96),                  oral condition and the measurement of the impact of
range 1-62 years. A significant positive correlation was                 prosthetic rehabilitation on the quality of life as a driver
determined between the age of the patients and the                       of changes indicating an improvement in general
                                                                         health. This improvement will allow the inclusion
years of permanence in the hospitalization system
                                                                         in a comprehensive plan for the social reintegration
prior to admission to the program (r = 0.456; p <0.05).
                                                                         of psychiatric adults. This study considers that the
Regarding the average length of stay within the
                                                                         Health-Mental Illness categories are historically
rehabilitation programs of the CSMC, it was 6.90 years
                                                                         determined by macroeconomic and macrosocial
(5.17), with no significant differences between both
                                                                         factors with an evaluative charge of what is considered
sexes (p = 0.329)                                                        normal and pathological according to the context, the
The DMFT index presented a mean (SD) of 19.71 (5.54)                     theoretical approaches and diagnostic criteria used,
(Tab. 1).                                                                and the philosophical and moral conceptions, current
                                                                         psychological and prevailing medical models. Adults
Table 1. Distribution of DMFT index by sex.                              spend long periods in outpatient programs. This
                n         DMFT x̄              D       M            F    situation reveals that it can be questioned whether
                           (SD)                x̄      x̄           x̄   everything possible in terms of care units makes sense
 Male         68       18.28 (5.36)        2.01 15.48          0,79      to be done. It is questioned whether the marginal
                                                                         return of the different activities is not very low as a
 Female 97             21.59 (5.32)        1.23 19.27          1.09      function of the results due to diminishing returns
 Total        165      19.71 (5.54) 1.67 17.12 0.92                      in the face of biological limitations. The questions
                                                                         posed to dental care have resulted from factors that
Missed teeth represented 86.86% of the total of the                      accompany the current model. Accumulated needs
DMFT index. Significant differences were observed                        that require many clinical units can be highlighted,
in the DMFT between genders (p = 0.033). When                            as well as long periods of hospitalization with an
analyzing the DMFT values according to categories                        extension of treatments to reach discharge of patients.
established according to DSM IV criteria, no significant                 The oral component involves interventions for the
differences were observed (Tab. 2).                                      care, prevention, and rehabilitation of prevalent
                                                                         diseases. There is growing interest in quantifying the
 Table 2. Distribution of DMFT index according psychiatric disorders.    consequences of oral diseases that affect function,
                                                                         comfort, and the ability to carry out daily activities, the
                                               N        x̄       SD      burden of disease registered in different communities,
 Schizophrenia                             97       18,80       5,3      or the social impact that they trigger [3].
 Mental retardation                        39       21,41       5,24     In terms of dental conditions, the results of this study
                                                                         determined that oral health has not been a priority in
 Psychosis                                 13       21,50       8,06     government agendas for these special populations.
 Specific personality disorder 13                   18,50       6,45     Therefore, conventional dental care and oral
 Substance addictions                      3        24,00       0        rehabilitation had to face limitations and difficulties.
                                                                         In the province of Buenos Aires, the adults with mental
 Total                                     165      19,7        5,54
                                                                         disorders studied were going through an assisted
                                                                         externalization program for socio-labor reintegration
Regarding OHIP-14, the total score before the                            with high levels of missed teeth. This situation affects
intervention has a median of 23, with a value of 20.50                   the management of social skills and interpersonal
for the first quartile and 26.50 for the third quartile,                 relationships, which cannot be fully realized without
with an interquartile range of 3.5. The mean (SD) was                    rehabilitating the lost dental functionality.
26.06 (8.74). After prosthetic treatment, OHIP-14 total                  Several studies found similar DMFT values in adults
score has a median of 6, with 5.00 for the first quartile                patients with psychiatric disorders [9,10,11,12,13,14],
and 10.00 for the third quartile, and an interquartile                   ranging from 16 to 25. This clinical variable allowed
range of 4.00. The mean (SD) value was 7.70 (3.96).                      quantifying dental disease experience, determining
Statistical analysis reveals a significant difference                    a compromised oral health situation in our sample.
between results pre and post treatment intervention                      The result of the measurement of functional and
(p= 0.018).                                                              aesthetic capacities or the impact of the perceived


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    Original Articles   oral condition constituted an essential input in the                   The aesthetic and functional rehabilitation of
                        individual evaluation of the residual consequence                      individuals is, in essence, the background of
                        of the oral disease, such as tooth loss and the                        prosthodontics as a discipline. The impact of the
                        care provided [3]. While some outcomes related                         change will be significantly different depending on
                        to prosthetic therapies are difficult to measure,                      how the person feels or perceives the deficit or that
                        satisfaction measurement can characterize such                         residual consequence, such as tooth loss.
                        intervention benefits. These results are probably some
                        of the most used as global indicators of the efficacy of               5. CONCLUSION
                        prosthetic therapy in clinical practice or research [15].
                        John et al. studied the association between depression                 This study showed that oral rehabilitation affected
                        and dissatisfaction in older adults. Their results                     the oral health-related quality of life of patients with
                        indicated that depression affects the perception                       psychiatric disorders included in a social integration
                        of health and, in particular, perceived health,                        program.
                        characterized by OHRQoL measurements. The authors
                        found a significant association between depression                     AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
                        and dissatisfaction with prosthetics in older adults,
                        contributing to a wealth of data about the influence                   AMM participated in the research objective proposal, research
                        of depression on a variety of psychological and                        protocol design, clinical examinations and data collection
                        psychosocial outcomes in medical-dental treatments                     procedures, and also in the scientific writing of the manuscript.
                        [16]. Several studies evaluated the effects of prosthetic              MLPM participated in data interpretation and statistical analysis
                        rehabilitation on the quality of life and found an                     ST participated in the clinical examinations and data collection
                        improvement after completing treatments [15,17].                       procedures. LD participated in data interpretation and the scientific
                        With dementia patients, van de Rijt showed insufficient                writing of the manuscript. NB participated in the research protocol
                        oral function, which was negatively associated with                    design and critical revision of the manuscript. AS participated in
                        the quality of life and nutritional status [18].                       data interpretation and the scientific writing of the manuscript


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                                                                                                                                   Original Articles
                                                                              Ana María MORASSO
                                                  Specialist in Legal Dentistry (Universidad del Salvador)
                                                   Master in Public Health (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
         Master in Economics and Administration of Health Systems (Universidad Nacional de La Plata)
                                      PhD in Administration Sciences (Universidad Nacional de La Plata)
                     Director of the Specialization Course in Legal Dentistry. (Universidad del Salvador)

CV
Professor Ana María Morasso is an educationist, researcher and specialist in legal and forensic dentistry from Argentina. She
received her DDS from the School of Dentistry, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. She obtained a Speciality in Legal Dentistry
degree at the Universidad del Salvador, a Master in Public Health degree at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and a Master in
Economics and Administration of Health Systems at Universidad Nacional de La Plata. She finished her PhD in Administration
Sciences at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata. At present, she has been appointed as Director of the Specialization Course in
Legal Dentistry at the Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has participated in research projects accredited
by different institutions and authored research papers published in national and international scientific journals.




Questions
1. Which is the role of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life measures in mentally impaired
groups?
qa. Identifying treatment needs, selecting therapies, and monitoring patient progress;
qb. Selecting patients to be treated with simplified techniques;
qc. Reducing costs of treatments;
qd. All of them are correct.

2. Which questionnaire was used in this study to measure Oral Health-Related Quality of
Life?
qa. Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14);
qb. Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-49);
qc. DMFT;
qd. Oral Health Assessment Tool (OHAT).

3. According DMFT index seen in this study, what is the need for oral rehabilitation in
patients with mental disorders?
qa. No need;
qb. Low;
qc. Moderate;
qd. High.

4. What it the relationship between oral rehabilitation and the quality of life in patients
with mental disorders?
qa. Impairs quality of life;
qb. Improves quality of life;
qc. Quality of life is not affected;
qd. There is no relation between oral health and quality of life.




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