Table 3.
Answers to the survey regarding oral health perceptions, according to the respondents’ characteristics
| Difficulty eating and/or drinking | Have felt ashamed of their appearance | Have felt pain in the teeth and/or gums | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 247 | 47.7 | 76 | 14.7 | 349 | 67.4 |
| Female | 316 | 54.1 | 120 | 20.5 | 422 | 72.3 |
| P | 0.033 | 0.011 | 0.077 | |||
| Age | ||||||
| 16–24 years | 58 | 40.6 | 15 | 10.5 | 80 | 55.9 |
| 25–34 years | 71 | 43.8 | 19 | 11.7 | 104 | 64.2 |
| 35–44 years | 86 | 46.2 | 28 | 15.1 | 128 | 68.8 |
| 45–54 years | 111 | 57.8 | 39 | 20.3 | 147 | 76.6 |
| 55–64 years | 102 | 61.1 | 32 | 19.2 | 126 | 75.4 |
| >65 years | 135 | 53.6 | 63 | 25.0 | 186 | 73.8 |
| P | <0.01 | 0.01 (0.00–0.002)* | <0.01 | |||
| Region | ||||||
| Greater Lisbon | 104 | 51.2 | 45 | 22.2 | 150 | 73.9 |
| Greater Porto | 69 | 62.7 | 26 | 23.6 | 80 | 72.7 |
| Littoral North | 74 | 40.4 | 26 | 14.2 | 99 | 54.1 |
| Littoral Center | 62 | 42.5 | 24 | 16.4 | 109 | 74.7 |
| Interior North | 96 | 48.2 | 32 | 16.1 | 126 | 63.3 |
| South | 67 | 60.4 | 20 | 18.0 | 92 | 82.9 |
| Madeira | 57 | 76.0 | 4 | 5.3 | 62 | 82.7 |
| Azores | 34 | 45.3 | 19 | 25.3 | 53 | 70.7 |
| P | <0.01 | 0.012 (0.009–0.015)* | <0.01 | |||
| Social class | ||||||
| Lower | 150 | 49.8 | 73 | 24.3 | 222 | 73.8 |
| Lower middle | 267 | 51.5 | 73 | 14.1 | 364 | 70.3 |
| Middle | 92 | 53.8 | 34 | 19.9 | 117 | 68.4 |
| Upper/Upper middle | 54 | 48.2 | 16 | 14.3 | 68 | 60.7 |
| P | 0.775 | 0.02 (0.001–0.003)* | 0.077 | |||
| Total | 563 | 51.1 | 196 | 17.8 | 771 | 70.0 |
| Weighted total | 552 | 50.1 | 199 | 18.0 | 763 | 69.3 |
*
Chi-square Monte-Carlo simulation.