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Table 2 Oral health impacts and Short Form Medical Outcome (SF-8) scores, Thai Cohort Study

From: Longitudinal associations between oral health impacts and quality of life among a national cohort of Thai adults

Age

Oral health impacts in 2005

2009 SF-8 mean scores (± standard deviations)

SF-8 domain scores*

Summary scores**

GH

PF

RP

BP

VT

SF

MH

RE

PCS

MCS

<40

No oral health impact

44.6(±5.9)

46.4(±8.0)

48.6(±6.2)

51.8(±7.2)

51.7(±7.7)

47.8(±6.9)

45.5(±7.8)

46.5(±6.0)

49.6(±6.8)

46.8(±8.4)

Difficulty chewing and/or swallowing

43.0(±6.0)

45.5(±7.9)

46.9(±6.6)

49.7(±7.3)

49.5(±8.2)

46.3(±7.1)

43.3(±8.4)

45.1(±6.5)

47.8(±7.2)

44.3(±9.0)

Difficulty speaking and/or discomfort with social interaction

42.7(±6.0)

45.6(±7.8)

46.8(±6.6)

49.7(±7.4)

49.2(±8.2)

46.1(±7.2)

42.6(±8.6)

44.6(±6.6)

47.9(±7.3)

43.5(±9.1)

Pain associated with teeth or dentures

42.7(±6.0)

45.5(±7.8)

46.6(±6.7)

49.1(±7.4)

49.4(±8.1)

46.1(±7.4)

42.7(±8.4)

44.8(±6.5)

47.6(±7.3)

43.8(±9.1)

≥40

No oral health impact

45.0(±5.7)

45.6(±8.4)

49.0(±6.2)

50.6(±7.5)

52.4(±7.5)

47.8(±7.0)

47.7(±7.0)

47.2(±5.7)

49.3(±6.9)

48.9(±7.7)

 

Difficulty chewing and/or swallowing

43.4(±5.9)

44.4(±8.2)

47.2(±6.8)

50.2(±7.6)

50.4(±7.8)

46.4(±7.0)

45.8(±7.5)

45.8(±6.2)

47.0(±6.9)

46.8(±8.2)

 

Difficulty speaking and/or discomfort with social interaction

43.2(±6.0)

44.5(±8.1)

46.8(±7.0)

49.9(±7.6)

49.8(±8.2)

46.0(±7.2)

44.7(±8.1)

45.1(±6.6)

47.1(±7.4)

45.5(±8.8)

 

Pain associated with teeth or dentures

43.0(±6.0)

44.4(±8.3)

46.9(±7.0)

49.5(±7.5)

50.4(±8.0)

46.3(±7.1)

45.1(±7.8)

45.5(±6.3)

47.0(±7.4)

46.2(±8.6)

  1. *Short Form (SF-8) domains: GH - General Health, PF – Physical Functioning, RP – Role Physical, BP – Bodily Pain, VT – Vitality, SF – Social Functioning, MH – Mental Health, and RE – Role Emotional.
  2. **Summary scores: PCS – Physical Component Summary, MCS – Mental Component Summary.