Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Rehabilitated with Dental Implants
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Design and Collection
2.2. Research Instrument
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Age | Physical Condition | Geographical Location | Chronic Diseases | Socio-Economic Status | Chi-Squared (p=) | ICE 95% | ||||||
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Normal | Anormal | Urban | Rural | Peri Urban | Normal | Anormal | Bajo | Medio | Alto | |||
20/30 | 100 | 3 | 50 | 20 | 20 | 100 | 3 | 20 | 50 | 20 | 0.177 | |
31/40 | 150 | 5 | 100 | 30 | 150 | 5 | 30 | 100 | 0.309 | |||
41/50 | 190 | 35 | 187 | 24 | 22 | 190 | 35 | 24 | 187 | 22 | 0.520 | |
51/60 | 270 | 75 | 283 | 33 | 270 | 75 | 33 | 283 | 0.016 | |||
61/70 | 150 | 185 | 160 | 10 | 9 | 150 | 185 | 10 | 160 | 9 | 0.686 | |
71/80 | 45 | 60 | 34 | 5 | 45 | 60 | 5 | 34 | 0.927 | |||
81/90 | 10 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 14 | 0.301 |
Frequency | Percentage % | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Quality of Life | 1303 | ||
Excellent | 890 | 68 | |
Average | 313 | 24 | |
Poor | 100 | 8 |
Question | Answer | z (≈) | SD | EE (≈) | p= | IC 95% | ||||||||||||||||||
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Almost Never | Sometimes | Frequently | Never | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 326 | 450 | 227 | 110 | 471 | 465 | 481 | 496 | 25 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 0.692 | 0.969 | 0.471 | 0.222 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | [324.64–327.36] | [448.10–451.90] | [226.08–227.92] | [109.57–110.43] |
2 | 580 | 463 | 150 | 300 | 465.7 | 464.4 | 451.3 | 470.5 | 45 | 36 | 12 | 23 | 1.246 | 0.997 | 0.332 | 0.637 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | [577.56–582.44] | [461.04–464.96] | [149.35–150.65] | [298.75–301.25] |
3 | 500 | 420 | 83 | 410 | 476 | 472 | 488 | 477 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 31 | 1.05 | 0.89 | 0.17 | 0.86 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | [497.94–502.06] | [418.26–421.74] | [82.67–83.33] | [408.32–411.68] |
4 | 410 | 343 | 140 | 450 | 478 | 476 | 460 | 465 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 35 | 0.858 | 0.720 | 0.304 | 0.969 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | [349–471] | [292–394] | [118–162] | [381–519] |
5 | 340 | 440 | 73 | 550 | 476 | 472 | 488 | 477 | 26 | 34 | 6 | 42 | 1.96 | 1.96 | 1.96 | 1.96 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | [338.59–341.41] | [438.16–441.84] | [72.67–73.33] | [547.71–552.29] |
6 | 480 | 273 | 800 | 468.29 | 469.26 | 506.64 | 37 | 21 | 57 | 1.025 | 0.582 | 1.579 | <0.000 | <0.000 | <0.0000 | 477.99 | 271.86 | 796.91 | ||||||
7 | 420 | 183 | 505.36 | 508.14 | 420 | 183 | 0.831 | 0.360 | <0.000 | <0.000 | 421.63 | 183.71 | ||||||||||||
Quality life | 390 | 100 | 813 | 585.03 | 35.94 | 154.77 | 20.15 | 33.33 | 12.34 | 0.29 | 0.36 | 0.13 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | [339–451] | [282–384] | [116–170] |
Value | Asymptotic Standard Error | T Approximate | Approximate Significance | ||
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Interval for Interval | R of Pearson | 0.811 | 0.060 | 11.441 | 0.000 |
Ordinal for ordinal | Correlation of Spearman | 0.705 | 0.074 | 8.200 | 0.000 |
N of valid cases | 1303 |
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Mora Rojas, M.; Chauca Bajaña, L.; Rodríguez Tates, M.; Poussin, L.; Velásquez Ron, B. Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Rehabilitated with Dental Implants. Healthcare 2025, 13, 813. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13070813
Mora Rojas M, Chauca Bajaña L, Rodríguez Tates M, Poussin L, Velásquez Ron B. Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Rehabilitated with Dental Implants. Healthcare. 2025; 13(7):813. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13070813
Chicago/Turabian StyleMora Rojas, Mercy, Luis Chauca Bajaña, María Rodríguez Tates, Lupe Poussin, and Byron Velásquez Ron. 2025. "Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Rehabilitated with Dental Implants" Healthcare 13, no. 7: 813. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13070813
APA StyleMora Rojas, M., Chauca Bajaña, L., Rodríguez Tates, M., Poussin, L., & Velásquez Ron, B. (2025). Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Rehabilitated with Dental Implants. Healthcare, 13(7), 813. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13070813