Browsing by Subject "Quality of life"

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    • Antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing infectious complications in orthognathic surgery 
      Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Araya, Ignacio; Yanine, Nicolás; Córdova Jara, Luis; Villanueva Maffei, Julio (Wiley & Sons, 2015)
      Background Orthognathic surgery (OS) is a term that refers to many elective surgical techniques to correct facial deformity; the associated malocclusion and functional disorders related to the stomatognathic system. ...
    • Calidad de vida y condición de salud oral en embarazadas chilenas e inmigrantes peruanas 
      Misrachi, Clara; Ríos, Matías; Morales, Iván; Urzúa, Juan; Barahona, Pilar (Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2009)
      Objetivo. Comparar la condición de salud bucal con calidad de vida en embarazadas chilenas e inmigrantes peruanas, en una Comuna de Santiago de Chile, con alta concentración de población peruana. Materiales y métodos. Se ...
    • Chilean patients’ perception of oral health-related quality of life after third molar surgery 
      Aravena, Pedro; Delgado, Felipe; Olave, Hugo; Ulloa Marín, Carolina; Pérez-Rojas, Francisco (Dove Medical Press Ltd., 2016)
      Objective: To describe the perception of the quality of life in oral health based on the Health-Related Quality of Life instrument in its Spanish version (HRQOL-sp) in Chilean patients with third molar extraction ...
    • Color stability, psychosocial impact, and effect on self-perception of esthetics of tooth whitening using ... 
      Angel Aguirre, Pablo; Bersezio Miranda, Cristian; Estay, J.; Werner, Andrea; Retamal, Hector; Araya, Constanza; Martín, Javier; Fernández Godoy, Eduardo (Quintessence Publishing, 2018-08)
      Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the bleaching efficacy and impact on psychosocial and esthetics self-perception of a low-concentration (6%) hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) gel compared with a conventional (37.5%) ...
    • Oral health-related quality of life in institutionalized elderly in (Spain) Barcelona 
      Cornejo, Marco; Pérez, Glòria; Costa de Lima, Kenio; Casals-Peidro, Elías; Borrell, Carme (2013)
      Objective: The objective of this study is to describe the oral health status and the factors associated with oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in people aged 65 and older institutionalized in Barcelona in ...
    • Personality traits, psychosocial effects and quality of life of patients submitted to dental bleaching 
      Bonafé, Elize; Rezende, Marcia; Molinari Machado, Marina; Linares Lima, Suellen Nogueira; Fernández Godoy, Eduardo Maximiliano; Baldani, Marcia M. P.; Reis, Alessandra; Dourado Loguercio, Alessandro; Coelho Bandeca, Matheus (BMC, 2021)
      BackgroundPerception is defined as the ability to distinguish through the senses. All perception is dependent on factors such as personality, previously lived experiences and cultural elements. When planning an aesthetic ...
    • Planning and reporting of quality-of-life outcomes in cancer trials 
      Schandelmaier, S.; Conen, K.; Elm, E. von; You, J. J.; Blümle, A.; Tomonaga, Y.; Amstutz, A.; Briel, M.; Kasenda, B.; Carrasco Labra, Raúl (Oxford University Press, 2015)
      Information about the impact of cancer treatments on patients' quality of life (QoL) is of paramount importance to patients and treating oncologists. Cancer trials that do not specify QoL as an outcome or fail to report ...
    • Quality of life and physical function in adults treated with intensive chemotherapy for acute myeloid ... 
      Alibhai, Shabbir M. H.; Breunis, Henriette; Timilshina, Narhari; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Tomlinson, George; Mohamedali, Hassanabbas; Gupta, Vikas; Minden, Mark D.; Li, Madeline; Buckstein, Rena; Brandwein, Joseph M. (Elsevier, 2015)
      Objectives: Intensive chemotherapy (IC) is the primary treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) but is associated with significant toxicity, particularly in older adults. We characterized the impact of AML and its treatment ...
    • Teeth whitening with 6% hydrogen peroxide and its impact on quality of life: 2 years of follow-up 
      Bersezio Miranda, Cristian; Martín, Javier; Angel, Pablo; Bottner, Jessica; Godoy, Isidora; Avalos, Francisca; Fernández Godoy, Eduardo (Springer Tokyo, 2019)
      This study aimed to evaluate color longevity after 2 years of whitening gel (6% hydrogen peroxide (HP), blue LED/infrared laser activation system) in comparison to a control 35% concentration in a split-mouth study and ...
    • Validación del cuestionario de calidad de vida (WHOQOL-BREF) en adultos mayores Chilenos 
      Espinoza, Iris; Osorio, Paulina; Torrejón, María José; Lucas-Carrasco, Ramona; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (2011)
      Background: The WHOQOL-BREF is a generic questionnaire to measure quality of life created by the Study Group on Quality of Life of the World Health Organization. Aim: To adapt and evaluate the psychometric properties of ...