From: Oral health-related quality of life in an aging Canadian population
Dimension and description of item | Distribution of responses% | Mean (SD) | |||||||||
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“Because of trouble with your teeth, mouth or dentures during the last year, …” | Never (0)/Hardly Ever (1) | Occasionally (2) | Fairly Often (3)/Very Often (4) | ||||||||
Comm. | LTC | Comm. | LTC | Comm. | LTC | Community | LTC | ||||
Functional limitation | |||||||||||
have you had trouble pronouncing any words? | 92.9 | 86.7 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 2.0 | 6.1 | 0.09 (0.35) | 0.19 (0.53) | |||
have you felt that your sense of taste has worsened? | 88.5 | 88.8 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 0.16 (0.46) | 0.17 (0.49) | |||
Physical pain | |||||||||||
have you had painful aching in your mouth? | 79.7 | 83.6 | 15.2 | 11.8 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 0.25 (0.54) | 0.21 (0.51) | |||
have you found it uncomfortable to eat any foods? | 74.8 | 73.3 | 17.5 | 14.6 | 7.7 | 12.2 | 0.33 (0.61) | 0.39 (0.69) | |||
Psychological discomfort | |||||||||||
have you been self-conscious? | 78.7 | 74.5 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 8.2 | 11.6 | 0.29 (0.61) | 0.37 (0.68) | |||
have you felt tense? | 80.2 | 84.4 | 12.4 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 0.27 (0.59) | 0.23 (0.58) | |||
Physical disability | |||||||||||
has your diet been unsatisfactory? | 86.3 | 84.5 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 5.9 | 7.6 | 0.20 (0.53) | 0.23 (0.58) | |||
have you had to interrupt meals? | 91.0 | 88.8 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 0.12 (0.41) | 0.16 (0.47) | |||
Psychological disability | |||||||||||
have you found it difficult to relax? | 85.4 | 88.4 | 9.6 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 0.20 (0.51) | 0.17 (0.49) | |||
have you been a bit embarrassed? | 83.8 | 82.4 | 12.2 | 7.9 | 4.0 | 9.7 | 0.20 (0.49) | 0.27 (0.63) | |||
Social disability | |||||||||||
have you been a bit irritable with other people? | 86.1 | 89.1 | 10.6 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 0.17 (0.46) | 0.15 (0.45) | |||
have you had difficulty doing your usual jobs? | 93.8 | 93.9 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 0.09 (0.35) | 0.09 (0.38) | |||
Handicap | |||||||||||
have you felt that life in general was less satisfying? | 89.7 | 87.2 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 0.14 (0.44) | 0.19 (0.53) | |||
have you been totally unable to function? | 96.1 | 95.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 0.05 (0.28) | 0.07 (0.34) |