Qian-Nan Ruan, Linhui Liu, Guang-Hui Shen, Yu-Wei Wu, Wen-Jing Yan
Alexithymia and peer victimisation: interconnected pathways to adolescent non-suicidal self-injury
BJPsych open
attachment loss due periodontal diseases associated functional limitations well physical pain psychological discomfort may lead reduced quality life purpose study determine oral health status specifically periodontal status influences oral healthrelated quality life survey data collected us dental school clinical setting crosssectional study quality life related oral health assessed oral health impact profile49 ohip49 addition dmft index periodontal status health literacy scores dental medical health literacy recorded data n 97 subjects statistically analyzed dmft index study population 1498 621 472 477 319 346 f 712 462 subjects 44 identified periodontitis cases periodontitis cases demonstrated significantly higher ohip49 scores 6693 3072 subjects without signs periodontal diseases np 3240 1927 p 005 also significant difference np patients patients gingivitis 6624 4612 p 005 found statistically significant difference stage 3 severe periodontitis periodontal health p 0003 pearson correlations completed positive relationships found ohip49 dmft 0206 p 005 periodontal risk selfassessment 0237 p 005 age odds ratio 446 smoking 267 presence mobile teeth 296 associated periodontitis periodontal diseases may negatively impact oral healthrelated quality life patients suffering periodontitis also showed missing teeth might influence function age smoking associated higher prevalence periodontitis good general health literacy guarantee adequate oral literacy