Cent Eur J Public Health 2010, 18(2):76-80 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3578

Oral Health-related Quality of Life in Czech Population

Lenka Hodačová1, Jindra ©mejkalová2, Eva Čermáková3, Radovan Slezák4, Vimal Jacob2, Eva Hlaváčková5
1 Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
2 Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
3 Computer Technology Centre, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
4 Department of Dentristry, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
5 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Studies, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the oral health-related quality of life in Czech population.

Methods: Data were collected from 1,380 subjects aged 30 to 69 years attending the Department of Dentistry, Medical Faculty of Charles University in Hradec Králové or attending three private dental practitioners collaborating on the study. Oral health-related quality of life was measured with the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) questionnaire that was translated to Czech. The OHIP-14 scores were assessed in relation to chosen clinical and sociodemographic characteristics and oral health behaviour. Statistical analyses included descriptive analyses, the Mann-Whitney test, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and the Kruskal-Wallis test using the NCSS 2007 program. The χ2 test of independence in contingency tables or Fisher's exact test was used for qualitative data.

Results: Internal reliability for the 14 items overall was very high (Cronbach's α = 0.924). The two most frequently scored items using the answer other than "never" during the last year were "painful aching" (62% of subjects) and "uncomfortable to eat" (44.4%), representing subdomain physical pain. The domain of social disability was reported least frequently. The OHIP-14 was significantly associated with dental status, dental behaviour, income and age.

Conclusions: The findings of this study do suggest that the culturally adapted OHIP-14 version may be a good research instrument to be considered for use in measuring the impact of oral problems on the quality of life in Czech population.

Keywords: quality of life, oral health, oral health impact profile, oral health-related quality of life, questionnaire inquiry

Received: July 10, 2009; Revised: November 23, 2009; Accepted: November 23, 2009; Published: June 1, 2010  Show citation

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Hodačová L, ©mejkalová J, Čermáková E, Slezák R, Jacob V, Hlaváčková E. Oral Health-related Quality of Life in Czech Population. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2010;18(2):76-80. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a3578. PubMed PMID: 20939256.
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