Assessment of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Associated Factors among the Young Adults of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Study

Table 4

Relationship of the OHRQoL category with sociodemographic characters, lifestyle factors, and oral health behaviors.

Characteristics	Total sample (1152)	Poor OHRQoL		Binomial logistic regression
		No	Yes	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value
Age ()				0.958 (0.835–1.09)	0.533
Gender; Female; Male	558; 594	470 (84.2); 485 (81.6)	88 (15.8); 109 (18.4)	Ref; 1.89 (1.23–2.94)	0.004
College type; Healthcare-related college; Other colleges	490; 662	396 (80.8); 559 (84.4)	94 (19.2); 103 (15.6)	Ref; 1.35 (0.94–1.93)	0.108
Year of education; First; Second; Third; Fourth; Fifth/intern	303; 240; 233; 154; 222	259 (85.5); 187 (77.9); 187 (80.3); 129 (83.8); 193 (86.9)	44 (14.5); 53 (22.1); 46 (19.7); 25 (12.7); 29 (13.1)	Ref; 0.81 (0.65–1.35); 1.19 (0.67–2.11); 0.76 (0.58–1.36); 0.85 (0.53–1.41)	0.101; 0.553; 0.478; 0.688
Smoking/shisha habits; No; Yes: daily; Yes: rarely	928; 156; 68	785 (84.6); 116 (74.4); 54 (79.4)	143 (15.4); 40 (25.6); 14 (20.6)	Ref; 3.47 (1.97–4.82); 2.25 (1.52–2.17)	<0.001; 0.002
Carbonated drink consumption; Never; Seldom/rarely; Once daily	152; 599; 401	125 (82.2); 488 (81.5); 342 (85.3)	27 (17.8); 111 (18.5); 59 (14.7)	Ref; 0.621 (0.34–1.14); 0.971 (0.57–1.66)	0.128; 0.916
Consumption of chocolates and candies; Never; Seldom/rarely; Once daily; More than once in a day	45; 525; 397; 185	39 (86.7); 426 (81.1); 325 (81.9); 139 (75.1)	6 (13.3); 99 (18.9); 72 (18.1); 46 (23.4)	Ref; 0.98 (0.75–1.74); 1.23 (0.84–1.98); 1.54 (1.10–2.19)	0.969; 0.317; 0.034
Brushing teeth per day; Twice or more; Once/never	468; 684	403 (86.1); 552 (80.7)	65 (13.9); 132 (19.3)	Ref; 0.78 (0.56–1.34)	0.601
Visit to the dental provider periodically (every 6 months); Yes; No	460; 690	408 (88.7); 545 (78.9)	52 (11.3); 145 (21.1)	Ref; 2.23 (1.53-2.86)	0.002

Variable(s) entered on step 1: age in years, gender, college type, year of education, smoking status, carbonated drink intake, chocolates and candies consumption, brushing per day, and periodic dentist care.