Table 4. Pearson’s correlation coefficients for the relationships between oral health-related quality of life scores and general health-related quality of life scores in individuals with severe asthma, individuals with mild-to-moderate asthma, and individuals without asthma. Salvador, Brazil, 2017-2019.
| OHIP-14 scores | Group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA | MMA | NA | ||||
| (n = 40) | (n = 35) | (n = 50) | ||||
| SF-36v2 summary score | SF-36v2 summary score | SF-36v2 summary score | ||||
| PCS | MCS | PCS | MCS | PCS | MCS | |
| Domain scores | ||||||
| Functional limitation | −0.438* | −0.294 | 0.208 | −0.243 | −0.082 | 0.104 |
| Physical pain | −0.183 | −0.108 | −0.193 | −0.256 | −0.250 | 0.010 |
| Psychological discomfort | −0.298 | −0.198 | −0.022 | −0.110 | 0.153 | 0.081 |
| Physical disability | −0.265 | 0.013 | 0.083 | −0.254 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Psychological disability | −0.351† | −0.360† | −0.296 | −0.123 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Social disability | −0.331† | −0.169 | −0.339 | −0.152 | 0.003 | −0.054 |
| Handicap | −0.033 | 0.077 | −0.082 | 0.129 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Total score | −0.400* | −0.318† | −0.178 | −0.219 | −0.200 | 0.082 |
SA: severe asthma; MMA: mild-to-moderate asthma; NA: no asthma; SF-36v2: Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, version 2 (general health-related quality of life measure); OHIP-14: 14-item Oral Health Impact Profile (oral health-related quality of life measure); PCS: Physical Component Summary; and MCS: Mental Component Summary. *Correlation significant at 0.01 (two-tailed). †Pearson’s correlation coefficient significant at 0.05 (two-tailed).