Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic Liver Failure Patients Measured by OHIP-14 and GOHAI

Table 1

OHRQOL according to OHIP-14 and GOHAI in CLF patients, based on gender, age, level of education, smoking, and disease duration.

Chronic liver failure patients		Number	Percentage	Mean OHIP-14	Mean GOHAI
Gender	Male	63	79.7
	Female	16	20.3
	value (ANOVA)			0.438	0.407
Age	Below 30	20	25.3
	31-40	17	21.5
	41-50	16	20.3
	Above 50	26	32.9
	value (ANOVA)			0.409	0.157
Education	Illiterate	2	2.5
	Middle school	51	64.6
	High school diploma	11	13.9
	Associate’s degree	7	8.9
	Bachelor’s degree and above	8	10.1
	value (ANOVA)			0.053	0.020
Smoking	Yes	10	12.7
	No	69	87.3
	value (ANOVA)			0.973	0.791
Disease duration	Less than a year	20	25.3
	1-2 years	13	16.5
	2-3 years	8	10.1
	More than 3 years	38	48.1
	value (ANOVA)			0.017	0.132
MELD	Low	14	17.72
	Medium	35	44.30
	High	30	37.97
	value (ANOVA)			0.470	0.812
Total		79	100

MELD = model for end-stage liver disease. value < 0.05 was considered significant.