Patient-Centered Dental Home: Clearinghouse of Existing Oral Health Quality Indicators


Percentage of patients who indicated how often they have had difficulty doing their usual jobs because of problems with their teeth, mouth, dentures or jaws

Characteristics
QUALITY- AND SAFETY-FOCUSED

Component
Patient-reported outcomes and patient experience indicators

Measure Concept
Satisfaction with psychosocial impacts of oral health

Descriptions
Percentage of patients who indicated how often they have had difficulty doing their usual jobs because of problems with their teeth, mouth, dentures or jaws Numerator: Number of Never, Hardly ever, Occasionally, Fairly often, or Very often responses to the question: “Have you had difficulty doing your usual jobs because of problems with your teeth, mouth, dentures or jaws?” 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