BDJ Open (Feb 2021)

Impact of diabetes and periodontal status on life quality

  • Radhika Desai,
  • Bhushan Khobaragade,
  • Giles McCracken,
  • Rebecca Wassall,
  • John J. Taylor,
  • Susan M. Bissett,
  • Andrew S. Pumerantz,
  • Philip M. Preshaw

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41405-021-00061-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Abstract Objectives To investigate impact of periodontal status on quality of life (QoL) in type-1 (T1D) and type-2 (T2D) diabetes patients pre- and post-periodontal treatment using the Well-being Questionnaire 12 (W-BQ12) and Audit of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life-19 (ADDQoL-19). Methods W-BQ12 and ADDQoL-19 were self-completed by 56 T1D and 77 T2D patients at baseline and by those with periodontitis 3 and 6-months after therapy. Results At baseline, T1D patients had significantly higher general W-BQ12 [Median (IQR); 24.00 (20.25–27.75)] and positive well-being scores [8.00 (6.00–9.00)] (indicating better QoL) compared to T2D patients [22.00 (15.50–26.00) and 6.00 (3.50–9.00)], respectively (p 0.05). Significantly higher general W-BQ12 scores were observed in T1D patients at month 3 [28.00 (22.00–29.50)] compared to baseline [22.00 (17.00–24.50)] (p 0.05). Conclusions Diabetes had impacts upon aspects of life quality in both T1D and T2D patients, though any additional impact based on periodontal status was not observed when using W-BQ12 and ADDQoL-19.