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Percentage of patients who indicated how often they have painful aching in the mouth

Characteristics
QUALITY- AND SAFETY-FOCUSED

Component
Patient-reported outcomes and patient experience indicators

Measure Concept
Oral pain or discomfort

Descriptions
Percentage of patients who indicated how often they have painful aching in the mouth Numerator: Number of Never, Hardly ever, Occasionally, Fairly often, or Very often responses to the question: “Have you had painful aching in your mouth?” Denominator: Number of patients in the practice who answered the question

Measure or Standard
Measure

Populations
Adults

Level of Measure
Practice/Health Center

Data Source
Survey

Measure Identification
5-Item Oral Health Impact Profile

Developer/Steward
Survey source: Naik et al. J. Prosthodontic Research, 2016: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26795728/

Stage of Development/Use

Measure Endorsement