title: Oral health-related quality of life and oral status in a German working population.
abstract: The study aim was to identify predictors of impaired oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). Employees of five companies were offered a clinical full-mouth examination. Oral health-related quality of life was measured with the German version of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) and summarized as additive scores (OHIP-ADD) and as prevalence of negative impacts (OHIP-SC). Two logistic regression models were developed for the odds of increased scores of the target variables OHIP-ADD and OHIP-SC. The target variables were dichotomized, and for the OHIP-ADD, the cut-off point for having impaired OHRQoL was heuristically defined as OHIP-ADD > 34. For the OHIP-SC, the corresponding threshold was OHIP-SC > 0. In the model for the OHIP-ADD, female gender, impaired aesthetics, few posterior occluding pairs, and painful masticatory muscles proved to be significant independent variables. For the OHIP-SC, female gender, impaired aesthetics, painful masticatory muscles, joint sounds, missing mandibular teeth, and carious teeth were significant. This cross-sectional study showed that within the models for both OHIP-ADD and OHIP-SC the high-risk person for impaired OHRQoL is a woman with impaired aesthetics and painful masticatory muscles.
authors: Department for Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Michael.Walter@uniklinikumdresden.de
authors: Michael H
authors: MH
authors: Walter
authors: Ursula
authors: U
authors: Schuette
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Raedel
authors: Rainer
authors: R
authors: Koch
authors: Burkhard
authors: B
authors: Wolf
authors: Klaus
authors: K
authors: Scheuch
authors: Wilhelm
authors: W
authors: Kirch
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000523:psychology*; D003753:Dental Health Surveys; D004955:Esthetics, Dental / Q000523:psychology; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000523:psychology*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D009909:Oral Health; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile