Relationship between the Necessary Support Level for Oral Hygiene and Performance of Physical, Daily Activity, and Cognitive Functions

Table 1

Results of cross-tabulation for evaluation items of physical and daily activity functions and level of assistance needed for oral hygiene.

Ability items			Oral hygiene			Total	value
			Can do on one’s own	Partial assistance	Total assistance
Roll-over	Can do without holding on to something		6963	1696	170	8829	<0.001
		%	78.9%	19.2%	1.9%	100.0%
	Can do with holding on to something		5234	3131	397	8762
		%	59.7%	35.7%	4.5%	100.0%
	Cannot do on one’s own		650	902	1531	3083
		%	21.1%	29.3%	49.7%	100.0%
Get up	Can do without holding on to something		1821	421	35	2277	<0.001
		%	80.0%	18.5%	1.5%	100.0%
	Can do with holding on to something		10582	3556	249	14387
		%	73.6%	24.7%	1.7%	100.0%
	Cannot do on one’s own		444	1752	1814	4010
		%	11.1%	43.7%	45.2%	100.0%
Maintain a seated posture	1: Can do on their own		7466	1823	130	9419	<0.001
		%	79.3%	19.4%	1.4%	100.0%
	2: Can do if supported using one’s own arms		3729	1673	130	5532
		%	67.4%	30.2%	2.3%	100.0%
	3: Can do with support		1631	2171	1617	5419
		%	30.1%	40.1%	29.8%	100.0%
	4: Cannot do		21	62	221	304
		%	6.9%	20.4%	72.7%	100.0%
Maintain a standing position on both feet	Can do without support		8447	1766	100	10313	<0.001
		%	81.9%	17.1%	1.0%	100.0%
	Can do with support of something		4202	2627	297	7126
		%	59.0%	36.9%	4.2%	100.0%
	Cannot do on one’s own		198	1336	1701	3235
		%	6.1%	41.3%	52.6%	100.0%
Walk	1: Can do without holding on to something		4622	850	63	5535	<0.001
		%	83.5%	15.4%	1.1%	100.0%
	2: Can do with holding on to something		6975	2041	196	9212
		%	75.7%	22.2%	2.1%	100.0%
	3: Cannot do		1250	2838	1839	5927
		%	21.1%	47.9%	31.0%	100.0%
Stand up	Can do without holding on to something		1247	248	24	1519	<0.001
		%	82.1%	16.3%	1.6%	100.0%
	Can do with holding on to something		11369	3694	241	15304
		%	74.3%	24.1%	1.6%	100.0%
	Cannot do		231	1787	1833	3851
		%	6.0%	46.4%	47.6%	100.0%
Stand on one foot	Can do without support		2435	400	14	2849	<0.001
		%	85.5%	14.0%	0.5%	100.0%
	Can do with support of something		9445	2905	166	12516
		%	75.5%	23.2%	1.3%	100.0%
	Cannot do on one’s own		967	2424	1918	5309
		%	18.2%	45.7%	36.1%	100.0%
Vision	Normal		11729	4862	880	17471	<0.001
		%	67.1%	27.8%	5.0%	100.0%
	Cannot see the letters in newspapers or magazines but can see a picture one meter away		715	500	218	1433
		%	49.9%	34.9%	15.2%	100.0%
	Cannot see a picture one meter away but can see a picture directly in front of them		275	222	129	626
		%	43.9%	35.5%	20.6%	100.0%
	Cannot hardly see		119	88	50	257
		%	46.3%	34.2%	19.5%	100.0%
Hearing	Normal		9325	4006	1190	14521	<0.001
		%	64.2%	27.6%	8.2%	100.0%
	Cannot hear a normal voice easily		2826	1169	361	4356
		%	64.9%	26.8%	8.3%	100.0%
	Can hear a loud voice		655	511	239	1405
		%	46.6%	36.4%	17.0%	100.0%
	Can hardly hear		40	42	19	101
		%	39.6%	41.6%	18.8%	100.0%
Swallowing	1: Can do on their own		12284	5188	1019	18491	<0.001
		%	66.4%	28.1%	5.5%	100.0%
	2: Monitoring needed		547	513	593	1653
		%	33.1%	31.0%	35.9%	100.0%
	3: Cannot do		16	28	486	530
		%	3.0%	5.3%	91.7%	100.0%
Total			12847	5729	2098	20674
		% of the total	62.1%	27.7%	10.1%	100.0%

Chi-square test.