From: Oral health-related quality of life in an aging Canadian population
Community | LTC | |||||
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Pre-seniors (n=629) | Seniors (n=501) | P-value | Pre-seniors (n=33) | Seniors (n=297) | P-value | |
Prevalence: % reporting 1+ impacts fairly/very often (no.) | 28.8 (181) | 22.0 (110) | 0.009 * | 21.2 (7) | 25.3 (75) | 0.610* |
Extent: mean no. of items reported fairly/very often (SD) | 0.73 (1.73) | 0.49 (1.40) | 0.007 ** | 0.45 (1.33) | 0.94 (2.32) | 0.456** |
Severity: mean OHIP-14 score (SD) | 6.22 (8.0) | 4.75 (6.92) | <0.001 ** | 4.30 (7.29) | 5.71 (9.80) | 0.867** |