Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Self-efficacy, social support and oral health-related quality of life in patients with kidney transplantation and under hemodialysis |
| Authors: |
Bero Luke Vincent Ernst, Deborah Kreher, Daniel Patschan, Rainer Haak, Thomas Ebert, Jonathan de Fallois, Gerhard Schmalz |
| Source: |
BMC Nephrology, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: |
BMC, 2024. |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology |
| Subject Terms: |
Oral health, Oral health-related quality of life, Kidney replacement therapy, Hemodialysis, Kidney transplantation, Self-efficacy, Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology, RC870-923 |
| More Details: |
Abstract Background Aim of this questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was to compare self-efficacy, social support, oral hygiene-related self-efficacy (OHRSE) and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) between patients under chronic hemodialysis (HD) and patients after kidney transplantation (KTx) as well as a healthy comparison group (HC). Methods Patients under HD were recruited during their routine outpatient dialysis therapy, KTx patients during their maintenance appointment and HC patients during their regular dental check-up in the dental clinic. General self-efficacy, the OHRSE, social support (F-SozU-K14) and the OHRQoL (OHIP-G5) were assessed by specific validated questionnaires. The survey was performed by one experienced dentist. Results 44 HD, 40 KTx and 45 HC patients were included, between which the age and gender distribution was comparable (p > 0.05). With a median of 1.5 [IQR: 0–3], HD patients showed higher OHIP-G5 than the participants in KTx group (p |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1471-2369 |
| Relation: |
https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2369 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s12882-024-03889-0 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/6fc19f4bd5324eaa84e95b91c254d70c |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.6fc19f4bd5324eaa84e95b91c254d70c |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
