Factors Related to Oral Health-Related Quality of Life of Independent Brazilian Elderly

Table 1

Distribution of responses (%) to OHIP-14 items, mean and median scores subscales.

Conceptual domains and questions	Never (0)/hardly ever (1)	Occasionally (2)	Very often (3)/fairly often (4)	Mean (SD)	Median (range)
Functional limitation				1.34 (1.90)	0 (0–8)
Trouble pronouncing words	71.8	17.9	10.3
Felt sense of taste worsened	82.8	8.1	9.1
Physical pain				2.11 (2.19)	2 (0–8)
Had painful aching in mouth	70.3	17.6	12.1
Uncomfortable to eat foods	58.7	20.0	21.3
Psychological discomfort				2.02 (2.44)	1 (0–8)
Been self-conscious	57.4	19.0	23.6
Felt tense	78.2	9.7	12.1
Physical disability				1.37 (1.99)	0 (0–8)
Diet been unsatisfactory	73.0	12.7	14.3
Had to interrupt meals	82.1	11.4	6.5
Psychological disability				1.45 (2.06)	0 (0–8)
Difficult to relax	87.7	5.2	7.1
Been a bit embarrassed	66.7	14.7	18.6
Social disability				0.43 (1.17)	0 (0–8)
Irritable with other people	92.9	3.4	3.7
Difficult doing usual jobs	93.6	3.6	2.8
Handicap				0.39 (1.19)	0 (0–8)
Felt life less satisfying	90.8	4.0	5.2
Totally unable to function	96.6	2.0	1.4
Total OHIP-14				9.10 (9.47)	6 (0–56)