Julie Vaiopoulou, Themistocles Tsikalas, Dimitrios Stamovlasis, George Papageorgiou
Conceptual understanding in science learning and the role of four psychometric variables: a person-centered approach
Frontiers in psychology
purpose study examine oral healthrelated quality life ohrqol oral health impact profile ohip oral dental health patients terms gender educational status reason coming oral health center also investigated relationships ohrqol ohip crosssectional study conducted planned dental patients turkey ohrqolunited kingdom ohrqoluk ohip14 used data collection descriptive statistics correlation analysis student ttests anova used data analyses 527 respondents 628 female 372 male onehundredfortyone 268 participants illiterate threehundredfiftyfour 6720 dental patients elementary school degree 32 610 participants graduated college bachelor programs dimensions ohip14 ohrqoluk detected statistically significant differences personal characteristics found gender marital status age education status reasons coming hospital significant impact ohrqol ohip results expected provide important evidencebased information health managers decisionmakers health planning reimbursement policies clinicians health managers use ohip quality life qol evidencebased practice determine individual treatments approaches improve oral health qol outcome indicator healthcare services evidencebased practice measurements evidencebased health outcomes national health systems made global comparisons policies oral dental health developed