Research Article

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

Table 2

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

ItemOral hygieneTotal value
Can do on one’s ownPartial assistanceTotal assistance

Communicate one’s willCan do12272457050017342<0.001
%70.8%26.4%2.9%100.0%
Can sometimes do5269264571909
%27.6%48.5%23.9%100.0%
Can hardly do47224696967
%4.9%23.2%72.0%100.0%
Cannot do29445456
%0.4%2.0%97.6%100.0%<0.001
Understand the everyday routineCan do12042335626115659
%76.9%21.4%1.7%100.0%
Cannot do805237318375015
%16.1%47.3%36.6%100.0%
State one’s birthday and ageCan do12588472068017988<0.001
%70.0%26.2%3.8%100.0%
Cannot do259100914182686
%9.6%37.6%52.8%100.0%
Recall from short-term memoryCan do10005261825512878<0.001
%77.7%20.3%2.0%100.0%
Cannot do2842311118437796
%36.5%39.9%23.6%100.0%
State one’s own nameCan do128275605119119623<0.001
%65.4%28.6%6.1%100.0%
Cannot do201249071051
%1.9%11.8%86.3%100.0%
Know what the current season isCan do11660343638915485
%75.3%22.2%2.5%100.0%
Cannot do1187229317095189<0.001
%22.9%44.2%32.9%100.0%
Know the environmentCan do12719496675118436
%69.0%26.9%4.1%100.0%
Cannot do12876313472238
%5.7%34.1%60.2%100.0%
Make daily decisionsCan do71021099798280<0.001
%85.8%13.3%1.0%100.0%
Can do except for special cases552934093619299
%59.5%36.7%3.9%100.0%
Daily difficulties21111599532323
%9.1%49.9%41.0%100.0%
Cannot do562705772
%0.6%8.0%91.3%100.0%
Total128475729209820674
% of total62.1%27.7%10.1%100.0%

Chi-square test.