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Table 2 The demographic variables and personal habits in the satisfaction groups

From: The association between denture self-satisfaction rates and OHRQoL - a follow-up study

 

Total

Satisfaction clusters

N

%

“NAS”

“SDG”

“MS”

“QS”

“HS”

P value

  

83

278

88

261

1418

 

Gender

 Male

984

46.24

43(51.81)

136(48.92)

49(55.68)

107(41.00)

649(45.77)

0.0913

 Female

1144

53.76

40(48.19)

142(51.08)

39(44.32)

154(59.00)

769(54.23)

 

The experience of denture use before

 No

545

25.95

21(25.61)

77(27.80)

19(21.59)

80(31.13)

348(24.93)

0.2304

 Yes

1555

74.05

61(74.39)

200(72.20)

69(78.41)

177(68.87)

1048(75.07)

 

Education level

 Illiterate or under Elementary school

694

32.61

32(38.55)

100(35.97)

28(31.82)

100(38.31)

434(30.61)

0.1513

 Elementary school

307

14.43

11(13.25)

41(14.75)

9(10.23)

34(13.03)

212(14.95)

 

 Junior high school

758

35.62

27(35.53)

84(30.22)

40(45.45)

83(31.80)

524(36.95)

 

 Senior high school

165

7.75

9(10.84)

19(6.83)

5(5.68)

22(8.43)

110(7.76)

 

 University above

204

9.59

4(4.82)

34(12.23)

6(6.82)

22(8.43)

138(9.73)

 

Economic status

 Very well

673

31.63

27(32.53)

88(31.65)

25(28.41)

75(28.74)

458(32.30)

< 0.001

 Well

1144

53.76

39(46.99)

136(48.92)

35(39.77)

138(52.87)

796(56.14)

 

 Poor

289

13.58

16(19.28)

47(16.91)

26(29.55)

43(16.48)

157(11.07)

 

 Very poor

22

1.03

1(1.20)

7(2.52)

2(2.27)

5(1.92)

7(0.49)

 

Cigarette smoking

       

0.3809

 No

1831

86.04

69(83.13)

245(88.13)

75(85.23)

216(82.76)

1226(86.46)

 

 Yes

297

13.96

14(16.87)

33(11.87)

13(14.77)

45(17.24)

192(13.54)

 

Alcohol drinking

 No

1963

92.25

78(93.98)

258(92.81)

83(94.32)

235(90.04)

1309(92.31)

0.5945

 Yes

165

7.75

5(6.02)

20(7.19)

5(5.68)

26(9.96)

109(7.69)

 

Areca quid chewing

 No

2031

95.44

81(97.59)

269(96.76)

81(92.05)

244(93.49)

1356(95.63)

0.1506

 Yes

97

4.56

2(2.41)

9(3.24)

7(7.95)

17(6.51)

62(4.37)