Table 3.
Distribution of responses to individual OHIP-14 items and mean item scores (n = 1460*)
|
Dimension and description of item |
Distribution of responses% |
|
Mean (SD) |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
“Because of trouble with your teeth, mouth or dentures during the last year, …” |
Never (0)/Hardly Ever (1) |
Occasionally (2) |
Fairly Often (3)/Very Often (4) |
|
|
|
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| Comm. | LTC | Comm. | LTC | Comm. | LTC | Community | LTC | ||||
|
Functional limitation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
| have you had trouble pronouncing any words? |
92.9 |
|
86.7 |
5.2 |
7.3 |
|
2.0 |
|
6.1 |
0.09 (0.35) |
0.19 (0.53) |
| have you felt that your sense of taste has worsened? |
88.5 |
|
88.8 |
7.5 |
5.9 |
|
4.0 |
|
5.3 |
0.16 (0.46) |
0.17 (0.49) |
|
Physical pain | |||||||||||
| have you had painful aching in your mouth? |
79.7 |
|
83.6 |
15.2 |
11.8 |
|
5.2 |
|
4.5 |
0.25 (0.54) |
0.21 (0.51) |
| have you found it uncomfortable to eat any foods? |
74.8 |
|
73.3 |
17.5 |
14.6 |
|
7.7 |
|
12.2 |
0.33 (0.61) |
0.39 (0.69) |
|
Psychological discomfort | |||||||||||
| have you been self-conscious? |
78.7 |
|
74.5 |
13.1 |
14.0 |
|
8.2 |
|
11.6 |
0.29 (0.61) |
0.37 (0.68) |
| have you felt tense? |
80.2 |
|
84.4 |
12.4 |
8.0 |
|
7.4 |
|
7.6 |
0.27 (0.59) |
0.23 (0.58) |
|
Physical disability | |||||||||||
| has your diet been unsatisfactory? |
86.3 |
|
84.5 |
7.8 |
7.9 |
|
5.9 |
|
7.6 |
0.20 (0.53) |
0.23 (0.58) |
| have you had to interrupt meals? |
91.0 |
|
88.8 |
6.0 |
6.7 |
|
2.9 |
|
4.6 |
0.12 (0.41) |
0.16 (0.47) |
|
Psychological disability | |||||||||||
| have you found it difficult to relax? |
85.4 |
|
88.4 |
9.6 |
6.4 |
|
5.1 |
|
5.2 |
0.20 (0.51) |
0.17 (0.49) |
| have you been a bit embarrassed? |
83.8 |
|
82.4 |
12.2 |
7.9 |
|
4.0 |
|
9.7 |
0.20 (0.49) |
0.27 (0.63) |
|
Social disability | |||||||||||
| have you been a bit irritable with other people? |
86.1 |
|
89.1 |
10.6 |
7.3 |
|
3.3 |
|
3.6 |
0.17 (0.46) |
0.15 (0.45) |
| have you had difficulty doing your usual jobs? |
93.8 |
|
93.9 |
3.9 |
3.1 |
|
2.3 |
|
3.1 |
0.09 (0.35) |
0.09 (0.38) |
|
Handicap | |||||||||||
| have you felt that life in general was less satisfying? |
89.7 |
|
87.2 |
6.6 |
6.7 |
|
3.7 |
|
6.1 |
0.14 (0.44) |
0.19 (0.53) |
| have you been totally unable to function? | 96.1 | 95.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 0.05 (0.28) | 0.07 (0.34) | |||
*One participant in the community sample did not have complete data for the OHIP-14.