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
Level of Measure
Practice/Health Center
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/