Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among Croatian University Students

Abstract

Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is utilized in health services research to examine trends in oral health and population-based needs assessment. To determine the impact of oral diseases on everyday life, measures of oral quality of life are needed. In addition to common disease-based measures, they assess the need for oral care to evaluate oral health care programs and treatment management. The aim of this study was to evaluate the OHRQoL among Croatian university students. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 895 students (mean age 22 ± 4 years; 54.75% were females). The data collection was carried out through a self-administered short-form oral health impact profile (OHIP-14) questionnaire which comprises 14 items that describe 7 subscales. Each subscale is named according to its constitutive items: functional limitation, physical pain, psychological discomfort, physical disability, psychological disability, social disability and social handicap. The quality of data was descriptively analysed and internal consistency reliability was assessed by Chronbach’s alpha coefficient. Pearson’s correlation was performed on the OHIP-14 total score and 7 subscale scores. The level of significance was set to p < 0.05. The prevalence of reported impact on OHRQoL was 31.84% and the mean OHIP-14 score was 11.66 ± 8.72. Chronbach’s alpha for the OHIP-14 total score was 0.91 (range for subscales: 0.70–0.87). Total OHIP-14 score was correlated with each of the seven subscales (correlation range: 0.56–0.84). The psychological discomfort and physical pain subscales recorded the highest impact with 56.09% and 24.47%, respectively, while the least impact was recorded in the physical disability subscale with 13.35%. The mean OHIP-14 score of the students in this study reflects that the oral health status of most of the students did not significantly affect their OHRQoL. However, the psychological discomfort and physical pain subscales were the most severely affected aspects of their OHRQoL. The OHIP-14 had reasonable reliability in relation to subjective global oral health indicators among students and thus appears to be a useful OHRQoL measure in this context.

The Chinese version of the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) questionnaire among college students: factor structure and measurement invariance across genders

“…The OHIP-14 has been widely applied in different samples and contexts. Given the different proposals for factor structures for OHIP-14 [ 16 , 18 ], We used the CFA method to evaluate the fit of different factorial models of the OHIP-14 (3-factor model, 4-factor model, and 7-factor model) for Chinese University Students before testing measurement invariance [ 37 ]. Model fit was estimated using the χ 2 statistic, the comparative fit index (CFI), the Tucker–Lewis index (TLI), standardized root mean square residual (SRMR), and the root means the square error of approximation (RMSEA).…”

“…A set of 3 underlying factors, like functional limitation, pain discomfort, and psychosocial impacts, were confirmed by Javier Montero et al [ 17 ]. Recent studies have confirmed the adequacy of the original factorial structure, the 7-factor structures of OHIP-14 among university students [ 18 ]. It illustrated the need to explore appropriate structural factors for the OHIP-14 scale to make sure that it is utilized as an important tool for assessing OHRQoL.…”

The Influence of Orthodontic Treatment Need on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among 12–18-Year-Old Adolescents in Riyadh

“…The responses to all 14 questions were summed up to determine the overall OHIP-14 score, which ranges from 0 to 56. The higher the OHIP-14 score, the worse the OHRQoL [ 34 ].…”

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