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. 2020 Jul 10;20:199. doi: 10.1186/s12903-020-01183-7

Table 2.

Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) scores, total and for each domain, presented as mean and standard deviation (SD), according to gender and periodontitis extent

Women (n = 320) Men (n = 272) Overall (N = 592)
ND L G P-value # ND L G P-value # ND L G P-value #
OHIP-14, mean (SD) 9.02 (11.90) 9.29 (10.45) 10.11 (12.23) 0.430 4.28 (6.46) 5.64 (8.78) 6.71 (9.24) 0.165 7.15 (10.35) 7.51 (9.81) 8.42 (10.98) 0.178
OHIP-14 domain, mean (SD)
 Functional limitation 1.19 (2.23) 1.25 (1.70) 1.25 (2.00) 0.435 0.71 (1.39) 0.77 1.37) 0.96 (1.76) 0.732 1.00 (1.95) 1.01 (1.56) 1.11 (1.89) 0.466
 Physical pain 2.44 (2.68) 2.56 (2.45) 2.61 (2.85) 0.897 1.81 (2.32) 1.77 (2.44) 2.07 (2.43) 0.501 2.19 (2.56) 2.18 (2.47) 2.35 (2.66) 0.866
 Psychological discomfort 1.56 (2.60) 1.75 (2.45) 1.66 (2.61) 0.405 0.53 (1.69) 0.84 (1.91) 1.04 (2.07) 0.079 1.15 (2.33) 1.31 (2.24) 1.36 (2.38) 0.178
 Physical disability 1.57 (2.47) 1.36 (2.18) 1.68 (2.62) 0.936 0.81 (1.70) 0.87 (3.88) 1.11 (1.97) 0.395 1.27 (2.23) 1.12 (2.09) 1.40 (2.34) 0.601
 Psychological disability 1.13 (2.09) 1.36 (2.19) 1.35 (2.28) 0.443 0.25 (1.01) 0.58 (1.45) 0.74 (1.77) 0.199 0.78 (1.80) 0.98 (1.90) 1.05 (2.06) 0.223
 Social disability 0.49 (1.29) 0.23 (1.01) 0.44 (1.39) 0.348 0.04 (0.27) 0.2 (0.85) 0.21 (0.83) 0.267 0.31 (1.04) 0.22 (0.93) 0.33 (1.15) 0.708
 Handicap 0.64 (1.59) 0.78 (1.45) 1.07 (2.22) 0.387 0.13 (0.54)a 0.61 (2.15)b 0.57 (1.52)b 0.043* 0.44 (1.31) 0.7 (1.45) 0.83 1.93) 0.060

G Generalized, L Localized, ND No Disease

# Kruskal-Wallis test. Significant differences identified in bold (*p < 0.05)

OHIP-14 - Oral Health Impact Profile-14; SD – standard deviation