oral health quality of lifeThe study investigated the impact of xerostomia on oral health and quality of life (QoL) among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who were attending for routine HIV monitoring in Australia. This cross-sectional, self-administered questionnaire survey ...
Xerostomia, the sensation of a dry mouth, most often results from a decreased secretion of the salivary glands (salivary hypofunction). Long-term, moderate to severe xerostomia has significant, negative effects on the quality of life of surviving cancer
Xerostomia, or dry mouth, is a very common symptom amongst the terminally ill and can have profound negative effects on patients' quality of life. Yet, it is often considered trivial and therefore tends to be neglected and ignored. This review examines the pathophysiology, aetiology and methods...
Long-term, moderate to severe xerostomia has significant, negative effects on the quality of life of surviving cancer patients. In this chapter we focus on salivary hypofunction resulting from therapeutic radiation received by head and neck cancer patients. Specifically, we address the frequency of ...
administered orally for 12 or 52 weeks with a documented increase in unstimulated salivary flow rate, improvement of oral dryness, and mild-to-moderate though frequent side effects [39,40]. In 17.6% of the patients cevimeline-related toxicity was the reason for abandoning the study medication. ...
For the multivariable binary logistic regression models, we selected the oral health-related potential predictors based on the literature, and all behavioural predictors in spite of their bivariate significance were included in the multivariable models. The adjusted effects of predictors are presented as ...
anxiety, anddepression.Alzheimer'sdisease and Parkinson's disease often lead to dehydration, making a person constantly at risk for dry mouth. These along withstrokecan cause a perception of dry mouth even if the salivary function is adequate, due to the diminished ability to perceive oral ...
. Reports are suggesting lymphocytic infiltration as a potential cause of damage to the salivary acini and ICI-related xerostomia [47,48]. Xerostomia associated with immunotherapy may also result from autoimmune-mediated damage to the salivary glands or secondary effects of immune activation on oral...
Xerostomia and changes in saliva characteristics are common side-effects in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) undergoing radiotherapy, which negatively impact their oral health. However, there are no consensus standards for intervention to manage
the oral moisture score was based on visible oral moisture and scored according to the objective measures of the RTOG late effects on normal tissue scales” (50). In contrast, Jen et al. stated that “the grading was assessed by subjective complaints by the patients during interview” (16)....