Abstract
Purpose: This prospective cohort study of Japanese university students aimed to identify factors that might affect oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and longitudinal relationships over a period of 3 years. Methods: Students (n = 487) provided complete data before entering and 3 years later (before university graduation) participated in the present study. Decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) scores, community periodontal index, ratios (%) of teeth with bleeding on probing, and malocclusion were determined during oral examinations. The questionnaire addressed age, sex, self-rated oral health, oral health behavior, subjective oral symptoms, and OHRQoL determined using the oral health impact profile (OHIP)-14. Associations were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). Results: The OHRQoL significantly worsened according to OHIP-14 total score (p = 0.001). The final model in the symptoms of SEM analysis showed that OHRQoL at follow-up positively correlated with OHRQoL at baseline. Self-rated oral health was directly associated with the OHRQoL at baseline (p < 0.05). Conclusions: This study determined that OHRQoL at baseline was a direct predictor, and that self-rated oral health were indirect predictors of OHRQoL at follow-up among Japanese university students.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Quality of Life Research |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 1 2019 |
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Keywords
- Cohort study
- Oral health-related quality of life
- Self-rated oral health
- Structural equation modeling
- The oral health impact profile-14
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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Structural equation modeling to detect predictors of oral health-related quality of life among Japanese university students : a prospective cohort study. / Saho, Hikari; Ekuni, Daisuke; Kataoka, Kota; Tabata, Ayano; Toyama, Naoki; Sugiura, Yoshio; Islam, Md Monirul; Iwasaki, Yoshiaki; Morita, Manabu.
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T1 - Structural equation modeling to detect predictors of oral health-related quality of life among Japanese university students
T2 - a prospective cohort study
AU - Saho, Hikari
AU - Ekuni, Daisuke
AU - Kataoka, Kota
AU - Tabata, Ayano
AU - Toyama, Naoki
AU - Sugiura, Yoshio
AU - Islam, Md Monirul
AU - Iwasaki, Yoshiaki
AU - Morita, Manabu
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Purpose: This prospective cohort study of Japanese university students aimed to identify factors that might affect oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and longitudinal relationships over a period of 3 years. Methods: Students (n = 487) provided complete data before entering and 3 years later (before university graduation) participated in the present study. Decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) scores, community periodontal index, ratios (%) of teeth with bleeding on probing, and malocclusion were determined during oral examinations. The questionnaire addressed age, sex, self-rated oral health, oral health behavior, subjective oral symptoms, and OHRQoL determined using the oral health impact profile (OHIP)-14. Associations were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). Results: The OHRQoL significantly worsened according to OHIP-14 total score (p = 0.001). The final model in the symptoms of SEM analysis showed that OHRQoL at follow-up positively correlated with OHRQoL at baseline. Self-rated oral health was directly associated with the OHRQoL at baseline (p < 0.05). Conclusions: This study determined that OHRQoL at baseline was a direct predictor, and that self-rated oral health were indirect predictors of OHRQoL at follow-up among Japanese university students.
AB - Purpose: This prospective cohort study of Japanese university students aimed to identify factors that might affect oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and longitudinal relationships over a period of 3 years. Methods: Students (n = 487) provided complete data before entering and 3 years later (before university graduation) participated in the present study. Decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) scores, community periodontal index, ratios (%) of teeth with bleeding on probing, and malocclusion were determined during oral examinations. The questionnaire addressed age, sex, self-rated oral health, oral health behavior, subjective oral symptoms, and OHRQoL determined using the oral health impact profile (OHIP)-14. Associations were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). Results: The OHRQoL significantly worsened according to OHIP-14 total score (p = 0.001). The final model in the symptoms of SEM analysis showed that OHRQoL at follow-up positively correlated with OHRQoL at baseline. Self-rated oral health was directly associated with the OHRQoL at baseline (p < 0.05). Conclusions: This study determined that OHRQoL at baseline was a direct predictor, and that self-rated oral health were indirect predictors of OHRQoL at follow-up among Japanese university students.
KW - Cohort study
KW - Oral health-related quality of life
KW - Self-rated oral health
KW - Structural equation modeling
KW - The oral health impact profile-14
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JO - Quality of Life Research
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