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Perceived Impact of Oral Health Conditions Among Minority Adolescents
Author(s) -
Broder Hillary L.,
Slade Gary,
Caine Rufus,
Reisine Susan
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of public health dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1752-7325
pISSN - 0022-4006
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2000.tb03326.x
Subject(s) - oral health , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , sf 36 , oral examination , gerontology , dentistry , health related quality of life , disease , nursing
Objective : This study assessed the perceived impact of oral health conditions, and the relationship of two measures of self‐reported outcome, the RAND SF‐36 and the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP), to clinical indicators of oral health among inner‐city adolescents. Methods : A convenience sample of 93 minority adolescents completed the RAND SF‐36 and the OHIP and 76 of them completed a clinical dental examination assessing DMFS. Results : Participants averaged 14.4 (SD=1.2) years old; 52 percent were female; and 86 percent were African‐American. The mean DMFS was 8.8 (SD=6.3). Participants reported relatively poor general health on the SF‐36 as well as poor oral health on the OHIP. None of the SF‐36 subscales were significantly related to DMFS. OHIP subscales were consistently related to DMFS—those with worse oral health reported more impacts. With the exception of the bodily pain subscale of the SF‐36, the SF‐36 and OHIP subscales were significantly correlated with Pearson's correlations ranging from ‐.21 to ‐.57 ( P <.05). Conclusions : Although the SF‐36 and the OHIP were correlated, the OHIP appears to be more highly associated with the impacts of oral health conditions than the SF‐36 among inner‐city adolescents who reported low general and oral health quality of life.