Application of short-form oral health impact profile on elderly Japanese.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to use the oral health impact profile (OHIP-14) to evaluate the impact of oral disease on the quality of life of a group of independently-living elderly persons in an urban area of Japan.


METHODS
A total of 1244 participants of the Senior Citizen's College, who attended the lectures once a week. They were community-dwelling, independently-living people over 60 years of age.


METHODS
Japanese version of the short-form OHIP-14.


RESULTS
Internal reliability for the 14 items overall was very high (Cronbach's alpha = 0.95). Report of 'painful aching' and 'uncomfortable to eat' were the two most highly scored items using the mean sum OHIP-14 score. A multiple logistic regression analysis indicated that the sum OHIP-14 score had significant associations with self-assessment of general health, dental status, and a perceived need for dental treatment. However, age, gender, dissatisfaction with financial status or education level was not significantly associated with the sum OHIP-14. Compared with that of other countries, the items were ranked similarly, whereas the perceived magnitudes of the problems were quite different from other population.


CONCLUSIONS
The OHIP-14 in Japanese had a high internal reliability, was significantly associated with dental status and comparable ranking for items when compared with studies from other countries.
Ikebe
Kazunori
K
Department of Removable Prosthodontics, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. ikebe@dent.osaka-u.ac.jp
Watkins
Catherine A
CA
Ettinger
Ronald L
RL
Sajima
Hidenori
H
Nokubi
Takashi
T
D000368:Aged; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D016321:Dental Care for Aged; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009909:Oral Health; D011788:Quality of Life; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D014177:Translations