Psychometric properties and the prevalence, intensity and causes of oral impacts on daily performance (OIDP) in a population of older Tanzanians

Table 7 Prevalence (% OIDP SC >0), mean OIDP total impact scores and intensity (% of adults with oral impacts) of older Tanzanians in urban areas (n = 508)

	Overall	Eating	Speaking	Cleaning	Sleeping	Smiling	Emotion	Work	Contact
	(n = 508)	(n = 511)	(n = 508)	(n = 511)	(n = 511)	(n = 511)	(n = 511)	(n = 511)	(n = 511)
OIDP prevalence %	51.2	42.5	9.1	18.2	12.1	8.4	17.4	7.6	5.9
OIDP impact score:
Range	0–40	0–9	0–6	0–9	0–6	0–9	0–9	0–6	0–6
Mean (sd)	3.8 (6.5)	1.4 (2.1)	0.3 (1.0)	0.5 (1.4)	0.4 (1.1)	0.3 (1.3)	0.5 (1.3)	0.2 (0.9)	0.2 (0.8)
Impact intensity ^a
Very little	11.2	11.5	8.7	30.1	11.3	14.0	14.6	12.8	26.7
Little	22.0	31.8	43.5	29.0	19.4	25.6	38.2	30.8	26.7
Moderate	58.4	38.7	37.0	30.1	62.9	39.5	38.2	53.8	36.7
Severe	8.4	12.0	10.9	6.5	6.5	7.0	7.9	2.6	10.0
Very severe	0.0	6.0	0.0	4.3	0.0	14.0	1.1	0.0	0.0

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