Estimate of Impact on the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life of Older Thai People by the Provision of Dentures through the Royal Project
Table 3
Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of overall oral impacts in groups with different dental status.
Unadjusted
value
Adjusted
value
odds ratio
odds ratio
Overall impacts
Edent
6.6 (4.1–10.3)
<0.001
8.1 (4.8–13.5)
<0.001
ECD
1.2 (0.8–1.7)
0.492
1.2 (0.8–1.8)
0.475
NRT
1.4 (0.9–2.1)
0.171
1.3 (0.9–2.0)
0.201
Physical performances
Eating
Edent
6.4 (4.0–10.2)
<0.001
6.5 (3.9–10.9)
<0.001
ECD
1.2 (0.7–1.9)
0.432
1.1 (0.7–1.8)
0.720
NRT
1.3 (0.8–2.2)
0.246
1.2 (0.7–2.0)
0.507
Speaking clearly
Edent
38.8 (11.9–126.6)
<0.001
43.7 (12.7–15.07)
<0.001
ECD
5.4 (1.6–18.7)
0.008
4.9 (1.4–17.7)
0.008
NRT
7.5 (2.2–25.8)
0.001
7.7 (2.2–27.2)
<0.001
Cleaning mouth
Edent
1.7 (0.7–3.8)
0.205
2.3 (0.9–5.7)
0.205
ECD
6.4 (0.2–1.6)
0.346
0.6 (0.2–1.5)
0.346
NRT
0.4 (0.1–1.3)
0.123
0.4 (0.1–1.3)
0.14
Doing light activities
Edent
2.6 (0.5–14.5)
0.268
3.9 (0.6–27.0)
0.268
ECD
1.3 (0.2–8.1)
0.741
1.2 (0.2–8.7)
0.864
NRT
0.6 (0.5–6.3)
0.646
0.7 (0.6–8.5)
0.788
Psychological performances
Sleeping and relaxing
Edent
1.3 (0.6–2.9)
0.497
1.4 (0.6–3.4)
0.412
ECD
0.4 (0.3–1.6)
0.369
0.7 (0.3–1.8)
0.369
NRT
1.2 (0.6–2.7)
0.577
1.3 (0.6–2.9)
0.529
Emotion stability
Edent
13.4 (5.1–34.8)
<0.001
16.5 (6.0–45.6)
<0.001
ECD
0.2 (0.0–1.5)
0.115
0.2 (0.0–1.9)
0.148
NRT
0.7 (0.2–2.9)
0.602
0.8 (0.2–3.5)
0.797
Social performances
Social contact
Edent
4.3 (2.2–8.5)
<0.001
4.6 (2.2–9.5)
<0.001
ECD
0.7 (0.3–1.6)
0.369
0.7 (0.3–1.8)
0.506
NRT
1.4 (0.7–3.1)
0.343
1.2 (0.6–2.8)
0.551
Adjusted with sex, age, marital status, education level, income, and systemic disease. Reference group: natural teeth group. As no subjects in a reference group reported impact on smiling, the odds ratios were not calculated in this performance.
