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The Association of Oral Function with Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in University Students: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the association between oral function and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in healthy university students. Oral functions and OHRQoL (General Oral Health Assessment Index; GOHAI) were investigated in 58 healthy university students....

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Autores principales: Oku, Saori, Iyota, Kiyomi, Mizutani, Shinsuke, Otsuki, Shohei, Kubo, Kyohei, Yamada, Shutaro, Kobayashi, Yoshihiro, Kashiwazaki, Haruhiko
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7370121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32640640
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134863
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author Oku, Saori
Iyota, Kiyomi
Mizutani, Shinsuke
Otsuki, Shohei
Kubo, Kyohei
Yamada, Shutaro
Kobayashi, Yoshihiro
Kashiwazaki, Haruhiko
author_facet Oku, Saori
Iyota, Kiyomi
Mizutani, Shinsuke
Otsuki, Shohei
Kubo, Kyohei
Yamada, Shutaro
Kobayashi, Yoshihiro
Kashiwazaki, Haruhiko
author_sort Oku, Saori
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description The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the association between oral function and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in healthy university students. Oral functions and OHRQoL (General Oral Health Assessment Index; GOHAI) were investigated in 58 healthy university students. Oral functions, such as tongue pressure, tongue-lip motor function, occlusal force, and masticatory function, were examined. The participants were divided into two groups based on low and high GOHAI scores. Information about oral health, dental caries treatment history, insomnia, and personality and lifestyle was obtained using a self-reported questionnaire. Oral mucosal wetness scores and tongue-lip motor functions (oral diadochokinesis /ka/) were significantly decreased in the low GOHAI score group compared to the high GOHAI score group (p = 0.001 and p = 0.017, respectively). In the logistic regression model, the GOHAI score was independently associated with the oral mucosal wetness score (odds ratio (OR) = 0.622; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.411–0.941; p = 0.025) and oral diadochokinesis /ka/ (OR = 0.376; 95% CI, 0.170–0.832; p = 0.016). Our study demonstrated the presence of low oral function in university students and suggested its association to low OHRQoL in this population.
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spelling pubmed-73701212020-07-21 The Association of Oral Function with Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in University Students: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study Oku, Saori Iyota, Kiyomi Mizutani, Shinsuke Otsuki, Shohei Kubo, Kyohei Yamada, Shutaro Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Kashiwazaki, Haruhiko Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the association between oral function and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in healthy university students. Oral functions and OHRQoL (General Oral Health Assessment Index; GOHAI) were investigated in 58 healthy university students. Oral functions, such as tongue pressure, tongue-lip motor function, occlusal force, and masticatory function, were examined. The participants were divided into two groups based on low and high GOHAI scores. Information about oral health, dental caries treatment history, insomnia, and personality and lifestyle was obtained using a self-reported questionnaire. Oral mucosal wetness scores and tongue-lip motor functions (oral diadochokinesis /ka/) were significantly decreased in the low GOHAI score group compared to the high GOHAI score group (p = 0.001 and p = 0.017, respectively). In the logistic regression model, the GOHAI score was independently associated with the oral mucosal wetness score (odds ratio (OR) = 0.622; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.411–0.941; p = 0.025) and oral diadochokinesis /ka/ (OR = 0.376; 95% CI, 0.170–0.832; p = 0.016). Our study demonstrated the presence of low oral function in university students and suggested its association to low OHRQoL in this population. MDPI 2020-07-06 2020-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7370121/ /pubmed/32640640 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134863 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Oku, Saori
Iyota, Kiyomi
Mizutani, Shinsuke
Otsuki, Shohei
Kubo, Kyohei
Yamada, Shutaro
Kobayashi, Yoshihiro
Kashiwazaki, Haruhiko
The Association of Oral Function with Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in University Students: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study
title The Association of Oral Function with Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in University Students: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study
title_full The Association of Oral Function with Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in University Students: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study
title_fullStr The Association of Oral Function with Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in University Students: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study
title_full_unstemmed The Association of Oral Function with Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in University Students: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study
title_short The Association of Oral Function with Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in University Students: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study
title_sort association of oral function with oral health-related quality of life in university students: a cross-sectional pilot study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7370121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32640640
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134863
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