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Table 4 Percentage of participants who reported negative impact on OHRQoL (fairly often/very often on at least one domain question) according to periodontal status

From: Periodontitis in a 65-year-old population: risk indicators and impact on oral health-related quality of life

 

Non- periodontitis

Stage II

Stage III or IV

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Total score

17 (7.9)

7 (9.3)

23 (14.1)

Functional limitation

9 (4.2)

4 (5.3)

11 (6.8)

Physical pain

7 (3.3)

4 (5.4)

10 (6.1)

Psychological discomfort

3 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

7 (4.3)

Physical disability

1 (0.5)

1 (1.3)

3 (1.8)

Psychological disability

2 (0.9)a

1 (1.3)

9 (5.5)a

Social disability

3 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

5 (3.1)

Handicap

4 (1.9)

1 (1.3)

5 (3.1)

  1. Letters in superscript indicates statistically significant difference between groups of same letter within the same OHIP-14 domain. (p < 0.05: Pearson`s chi-squared/Fisher's exact test). N = 453