The Association of Oral Function with Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in University Students: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study
| Autor: | Shohei Otsuki, Haruhiko Kashiwazaki, Shinsuke Mizutani, Kyohei Kubo, Shutaro Yamada, Saori Oku, Kiyomi Iyota, Yoshihiro Kobayashi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Universities Cross-sectional study Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Population Dentistry lcsh:Medicine Oral Health Pilot Projects Dental Caries Logistic regression Article 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Tongue Surveys and Questionnaires Pressure Medicine Personality Humans cross-sectional study 030212 general & internal medicine university students education Students media_common education.field_of_study business.industry lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 030206 dentistry Odds ratio oral function Confidence interval humanities Masticatory force stomatognathic diseases Cross-Sectional Studies quality of life Female business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 4863, p 4863 (2020) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 17 Issue 13 |
| ISSN: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the association between oral function and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in healthy university students. Oral functions and OHRQoL (General Oral Health Assessment Index GOHAI) were investigated in 58 healthy university students. Oral functions, such as tongue pressure, tongue-lip motor function, occlusal force, and masticatory function, were examined. The participants were divided into two groups based on low and high GOHAI scores. Information about oral health, dental caries treatment history, insomnia, and personality and lifestyle was obtained using a self-reported questionnaire. Oral mucosal wetness scores and tongue-lip motor functions (oral diadochokinesis /ka/) were significantly decreased in the low GOHAI score group compared to the high GOHAI score group (p = 0.001 and p = 0.017, respectively). In the logistic regression model, the GOHAI score was independently associated with the oral mucosal wetness score (odds ratio (OR) = 0.622 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.411&ndash 0.941 p = 0.025) and oral diadochokinesis /ka/ (OR = 0.376 95% CI, 0.170&ndash 0.832 p = 0.016). Our study demonstrated the presence of low oral function in university students and suggested its association to low OHRQoL in this population. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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