Table 1.
Frequency distribution of responses for the items of OHIP-14 scores. (n = 250)
| Items of OHIP-14 | Never 0 |
Hardly ever 1 |
Occasionally 2 |
Fairly often 3 |
Very often 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Difficulty in pronouncing word | 115 (46%) | 83 (33.2%) | 18 (07.2%) | 25 (10.0%) | 09 (3.6%) |
| Taste has worsened | 29 (11.6%) | 152 (60.8%) | 33 (13.2%) | 20 (8.0%) | 16 (6.4%) |
| Pain in mouth | 22 (8.8%) | 122 (48.8%) | 21 (8.4%) | 76 (30.4%) | 09 (3.6%) |
| Uncomfortable eating food | 31 (12.45) | 79 (31.6%) | 22 (8.8%) | 24 (9.6%) | 94 (37.6%) |
| Self – consciousness | 28 (11.2%) | 94 (37.6%) | 30 (12.0%) | 90 (36.0%) | 08 (3.2%) |
| Tense feeling | 36 (14.4%) | 84 (33.6%) | 21 (8.4%) | 101 (40.4%) | 08 (3.2%) |
| Unsatisfactory diet | 13 (5.2%) | 137 (54.8%) | 22 (8.8%) | 74 (29.6%) | 04 (1.6%) |
| Interruption of meals | 30 (12.0%) | 139 (55.6%) | 27 (10.8%) | 49 (19.6%) | 05 (2.0%) |
| Difficult to relax | 16 (6.4%) | 167 (66.8%) | 20 (8.0%) | 38 (15.2%) | 09 (3.6%) |
| Feeling embarrassed | 15 (6.0%) | 131 (52.4%) | 21 (8.4%) | 72 (28.8%) | 11 (4.4%) |
| Irritable with others | 20 (8.0%) | 170 (68.0%) | 26 (10.4%) | 23 (9.2%) | 11 (4.4%) |
| Difficulty doing usual jobs | 31 (12.4%) | 154 (61.6%) | 22 (8.8%) | 11 (4.4%) | 32 (12.8%) |
| Life less satisfying | 26 (10.4%) | 139 (55.6%) | 22 (8.8%) | 57 (22.8%) | 06 (2.4%) |
| Totally unable to function | 33 (13.2%) | 172 (68.8%) | 19 (7.6%) | 15 (6.0%) | 11 (4.4%) |