Table 1.
Dental patients’ demographic and clinical characteristics.
| Dental patients (n=2,076) | mean (SD) or % |
|---|---|
| Demographics | |
| Gender (female) | 59.7 |
| Age (years) | 54.7 (16.2) |
| Language | |
| English | 84.5 |
| Spanish | 15.5 |
| Ethnicity | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12.3 |
| Unknown | 87.7 |
| Self-reported oral health | |
| Excellent | 6.5 |
| Very good | 24.1 |
| Good | 35.2 |
| Moderate | 25.6 |
| Poor | 8.5 |
| Self-reported general health | |
| Excellent | 10.3 |
| Very good | 36.8 |
| Good | 38.4 |
| Moderate | 13.0 |
| Poor | 1.3 |
| OHIP summary scores | |
| OHIP-49 | 32.0 (32.3) |
| OHIP-14 | 7.7 (9.4) |
| OHIP-5 | 3.4 (3.7) |
| OHIP-49 dimensional scores | |
| Oral Function | 6.4 (7.6) |
| Orofacial Pain | 6.0 (5.7) |
| Orofacial Appearance | 6.9 (7.0) |
| Psychosocial Impact | 7.8 (12.0) |
| PROMIS v.1.1 Global Health dimensional scores | |
| Physical Health | 15.3 (2.9) |
| Mental Health | 15.1 (3.0) |
Legend: SD=standard deviation; OHIP=Oral Health Impact Profile; PROMIS=Patient-Reported Outcomes Information System