The impact of unmet treatment need on oral health related quality of life: a questionnaire survey

Shetty, Akshata; Bhandary, Rahul; Ahuja, Dhruv; Venugopalan, Geetu; Grossi, Enzo; Tartaglia, Guilia Margherita; Khijmatgar, Shahnawaz

doi:10.1186/s12903-024-04169-x

BMC Oral Health

Table 3 Distribution of study population according to sociodemographic factors and unmet dental need by prevalence, extent and severity of OHIP-14

From: The impact of unmet treatment need on oral health related quality of life: a questionnaire survey

		n	Prevalence of ≥ 1 oral health impacts (n = 641) %	p	Extent of oral health impacts µ (± SD)	p	Severity of oral health impacts µ (± SD)	p
Age (years)	≤ 24	368	66.6	0.102	1.59 (1.95)	0.828	10.30 (7.87)	0.010**
	25–34	253	63.6		1.62 (2.25)		11.13 (8.91)
	35–44	236	55.9		1.51 (2.00)		10.40 (8.01)
	45–54	125	60.8		1.70 (2.37)		12.58 (9.62)
	≥ 55	47	57.4		1.87 (2.60)		13.85 (10.12)
Gender	Male	532	60.0	0.110	1.63 (2.23)	1.000	11.11 (8.93)	0.591
	Female	497	64.8		1.63 (2.02)		10.82 (8.11)
Education	Less than secondary	118	50.8	0.008*	1.54 (2.51)	0.440	12.14 (9.22)	0.049**
	Secondary level	618	61.7		1.65 (2.15)		10.98 (8.55)
	PUC/Diploma	110	65.5		1.37 (1.79)		9.08 (7.39)
	Graduate-Post graduate	183	69.9		1.78 (1.95)		11.29 (8.59)
Location	Karnataka	348	63.8	0.478	1.83 (2.15)	0.031**	11.55 (8.38)	0.118
	Kerala	641	61.5		1.53 (2.11)		10.67 (8.61)
Sound teeth	Absent	976	63.2	0.009*	1.63 (2.11)	0.933	10.95 (8.49)	0.757
Sound teeth	Present	53	45.3		1.61 (2.48)		11.32 (9.44)
Decayed teeth	Absent	438	65.5	0.066	1.75 (2.24)	0.103	11.32 (9.16)	0.254
Decayed teeth	Present	591	59.9		1.54 (2.04)		10.71 (8.05)
Missing teeth	Absent	640	60.6	0.157	1.53 (2.01)	0.047**	10.39 (8.40)	0.005**
Missing teeth	Present	389	65.0		1.80 (2.30)		11.92 (8.69)
Pain in mouth/teeth/gums	Absent	859	59.5	< 0.001*	1.46 (2.03)	< 0.001**	10.07 (8.30)	< 0.001**
Pain in mouth/teeth/gums	Present	170	76.5		2.47 (2.40)		15.52 (8.29)
Malocclusion	Absent	692	58.4	< 0.001*	1.53 (2.07)	0.033**	11.08 (8.59)	0.550
Malocclusion	Present	337	70.3		1.83 (2.23)		10.74 (8.44)
Bleeding gums	Absent	309	72.2	< 0.001*	2.21 (2.47)	< 0.001**	13.48 (9.40)	< 0.001**
Bleeding gums	Present	720	58.1		1.38 (1.91)		9.89 (7.91)
Mobility of teeth	Absent	930	61.9	< 0.468	1.67 (2.18)	0.052	11.04 (8.75)	0.388
	Present	99	65.7		1.23 (1.48)		10.26 (6.21)
Fractured teeth	Absent	1021	62.1	0.140	1.62 (2.13)	0.183	10.95 (8.56)	0.424
	Present	8	87.5		2.63 (1.60)		13.38 (5.95)
Grossly decayed teeth	Absent	698	63.8	0.161	1.71 (2.16)	0.070	11.20 (8.625)	0.203
	Present	331	59.2		1.45 (2.06)		10.47 (8.35)

*p value < 0.05 estimated using Chi-squared test; ** p value < 0.05 estimated using one-way ANOVA.

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