evaluation of oral health-related quality of life in elderly people with type ii diabetes mellitus

Background and purpose: type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) is the most common form of diabetes, and a metabolic disorder affecting patientschr('39') general health in various ways. the present study aimed to evaluate the oral healthrelated quality of life (ohrqol) among older adults of amirkola, northern iran.materials and methods: a casecontrol study was conducted with a sample of 500 elderly people (250 with t2dm and 250 healthy controls) who answered geriatric oral health assessment index (gohai) questionnaire and a questionnaire evaluating xerostomia. then, all participants underwent clinical dental examinations. the obtained data were then analyzed by ttest, chisquare test, and pearsonchr('39')s correlation coefficient, and p < 0.05 was considered significant.results: the prevalence of xerostomia was not statistically significant between the t2dm patients and control groups (p < 0.079). greater number of patients suffering t2dm reported xerostomia according to the records; however, the correlation between this disorder and periodontal disease index (pdi), plaque index (pi), oral health indexsimplified (ohis), and geriatric oral health assessment index (gohai) in the subjects of the two study groups was not significant (p < 0.0001).conclusion: in the present study, there was no significant relationship between gohai and periodontal indices, demonstrating no difference in the ohrqol of elderly patients with t2dm and older healthy adults.