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Table 5 Spearman's correlation coefficient was used for OHRQoL correlation analysis(N = 281)

From: Oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices and oral health-related quality of life among stroke inpatients: a cross-sectional study

Variable

OHRQoL

p− value

OHRQoL

1

 

Age

.197**

.001

Occupation

.162**

.007

Monthly household income per capita

− 132*

.027

With or without dentures

.183**

.002

Number of teeth

− .261**

 < .000

Number of missing teeth

.267**

 < .000

Toothache

.299**

 < .000

Absence of oral malnutrition

− 141*

.018

Self general health assessment

− 146*

.015

Self− rated oral health assessment

− 365**

 < .000

Denture cleaning method

.120*

.045

Frequency of denture cleaning

.119*

.047

Time since last dentist visit

.217**

0.001

Reason for last visit to the dentist

.219**

 < .000

Reason for not having visited a dentist in the past year

.404**

 < .000

  1. OHRQoL: Oral health-related quality of life;* the mean of correlation for OHRQoL was significant (p < 0.05);** the mean of correlation for OHRQoL was significant (p < 0.01)