Gyung-Lan Kang, Cheol-Woo Park, Seung-Hwan Jang
A Study on the Impact of Financial Literacy and Digital Capabilities on Entrepreneurial Intention: Mediating Effect of Entrepreneurship
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
assessing healthrelated quality life become integral people living hiv plhiv followup however lack data regarding impact oral health quality life known oral healthrelated quality life ohrqol among plhiv compared hivnegative individuals rwanda study aimed assess ohrqol among plhiv compared hivnegative counterparts kigali rwanda oral health impact profile short version ohip14 questionnaire intervieweradministered 200 plhiv 200 hivnegative adults 18 years old hiv clinic kigali teaching hospital chuk sociodemographic characteristics including age sex occupation socioeconomic status ses participants collected using survey questionnaire 4point likert scale used assess frequency oral impacts 14 items within 7 domains ohip tool descriptive statistics used see frequencies percentages ohrqol among plhiv hivnegative persons respectively chisquare test used determine association ohrqol caries dmft periodontal disease cpitn among plhiv compared hivnegative individuals results revealed higher prevalence plhiv poor ohrqol hivnegative individuals 5 domains almost items ohip14 except ohip 3 found uncomfortable eat foods problems teeth mouth ohip14 totally unable function problems teeth mouth findings showed statistically significant results p 005 ohip1 item trouble pronouncing word prevalence 25 n 11 225 n 9 plhiv hivnegative respectively also plhiv significantly higher prevalence 275 n 11 ohip 13 item life satisfying due teeth mouth problems compared hivnegative individuals 2 8 p 005 moreover dental caries significantly associated poor ohrqol among plhiv hivnegative adults 14 items ohip tool periodontal disease significantly associated ohrqol among plhiv hivnegative adults study revealed poor ohrqol among plhiv compared hivnegative adults need longitudinal studies investigate ohrqol rwanda especially among plhiv essential include oral health care one components medical health care programs plhiv rwanda