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Correlation between psychosocial factors and oral health impact profile (OHIP)

Objectives: Possible associations between patient's self-related judgment of oral health and parameters not specifically connected to oral conditions should be identified.

Methods: In a cohort of 48 elderly persons (mean age 77.4 y, standard deviation 8.5 y), self-related oral health quality was surveyed by means of the German Version of the oral health impact profile (OHIP-G 53). Somatization and depression scores were obtained as respective subscales of the SCL-90-R. Descriptive statistics and bivariate correlation analysis using Spearman's rho were performed.

Results: Correlation between the OHIP sum score was r=.624 (p<.001) for somatization and r=.544 (p<.001) for depression. Regarding individual subscales of the OHIP, correlation ranged from r=.403 (p=.005) to r=.752 (p<.001) for somatization and from r=.298 (p=.040) to r=.697 (p<.001) for depression. Patient's age gave a slight inverse correlation with a value of r=-.333 (p=.022) concerning the OHIP sum score.

Conclusion: As somatization and depression - overall and especially in some subscales - show considerable correlation with OHIP scores, we propose to take these parameters into account as covariates to control for factors not specifically related to oral condition.


Continental European and Scandinavian Divisions Meeting
2005 Continental European and Scandinavian Divisions Meeting (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
2005
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Scientific Program
  • Leckel, Michael  ( University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, N/A, Germany )
  • Hassel, Alexander  ( Universitatsklinik fur Zahn-, Mund-und Kieferheilkunde, Heidelberg, N/A, Germany )
  • Leisen, Joachim  ( Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, N/A, Germany )
  • Schmitter, Marc  ( University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, N/A, Germany )
    • Poster Session
    Oral Health Research
    09/15/2005