Research Article
Impacts of Denture Retention and Stability on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life, General Health, and Happiness in Elderly Thais
Table 2
Distribution of the participants with reported oral impacts according to main symptoms and chief complaints.
| Symptoms and Chief complaints | Reported condition-specific impacts; % | Physical (42.9) | Psychological (27.8) | Social (7.1) | Eating (42.1) | Speaking (23.0) | Cleaning (2.4) | Emotion (19.0) | Smiling/Laughing (15.1) | Sleeping (2.4) | Contacting (7.1) | Working (2.4) |
| Main symptoms†: n% | | | | | | | | | Functional limitation | 94.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 62.5 | 94.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Pain/Discomfort | 79.3 | 55.2 | 66.7 | 83.3 | 31.6 | 100.0 | 55.6 | 33.3 | Appearance dissatisfaction | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Main chief complaints†: n% | | | | | | | | | Ill-fitting denture | 81.1 | 79.3 | 33.3 | 75.0 | 94.7 | 33.3 | 88.9 | 100.0 | Chewing pain from denture | 50.9 | 3.4 | 66.7 | 20.8 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Bulky denture | 22.6 | 17.2 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 11.1 | 33.3 | Bad denture occlusion | 22.6 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Food retention | 22.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Poor esthetics of denture | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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†Main symptoms and chief complaints were determined among those with CS-impacts. A person could report more than one symptoms/complaint.
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