Table 1 Sample characteristics
From: Personality and oral health-related quality of life. Results from an online survey
Variables | Mean (SD) / N (%) |
|---|---|
Oral health-related quality of life (OHIP-G5) (from 0 to 20, with higher scores indicating lower oral health-related quality of life) | 2.2 (3.3) |
Sex | |
Men | 1502 (48.8%) |
Women | 1570 (51.1%) |
Diverse | 3 (0.1%) |
Age | 44.5 (14.8) |
Marital status | |
Single / Divorced / Widowed / Married, not living together with spouse | 1313 (42.7%) |
Married, living together with spouse | 1762 (57.3%) |
Highest educational degree | |
upper secondary school | 1326 (43.1%) |
qualification for applied upper secondary school | 328 (10.7%) |
polytechnic Secondary School | 168 (5.5%) |
intermediate Secondary School | 888 (28.9%) |
lower Secondary School | 347 (11.3%) |
currently in school training/education | 9 (0.3%) |
without school-leaving qualification | 9 (0.3%) |
Employment status | |
Full-time employed | 1458 (47.4%) |
Retired | 499 (16.2%) |
Other | 1118 (36.4%) |
Smoking | |
Yes, daily | 716 (23.3%) |
Yes, sometimes | 251 (8.2%) |
No, not anymore | 843 (27.4%) |
Never smoker | 1265 (41.1%) |
Sports activities | |
No sports activity | 834 (27.1%) |
Less than one hour a week | 629 (20.5%) |
Regularly, 1–2 h a week | 714 (23.2%) |
Regularly, 2–4 h a week | 473 (15.4%) |
Regularly, more than 4 h a week | 425 (13.8%) |
Alcohol intake | |
Daily | 186 (6.0%) |
Several times per week | 564 (18.3%) |
Once a week | 495 (16.1%) |
1–3 times per month | 532 (17.3%) |
Less often | 715 (23.3%) |
Never | 583 (19.0%) |
Chronic diseases | |
Absence of chronic diseases | 1765 (57.4%) |
Presence of at least one chronic disease | 1310 (42.6%) |
Self-rated health (1 = very bad to 5 = very good) | 3.6 (0.9) |
Agreeableness (from 1 to 5, with higher values indicating higher levels of agreeableness) | 3.1 (0.8) |
Conscientiousness (from 1 to 5, with higher values indicating higher levels of conscientiousness) | 3.7 (0.8) |
Extraversion (from 1 to 5, with higher values indicating higher levels of extraversion) | 3.1 (1.0) |
Neuroticism (from 1 to 5, with higher values indicating higher levels of neuroticism) | 2.7 (1.0) |
Openness to experience (from 1 to 5, with higher values indicating higher levels of openness to experience) | 3.3 (1.0) |