Personality and oral health-related quality of life. Results from an online survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To investigate the association between personality factors and oral health-related quality of life.

Methods

Data were taken from an online survey (representative for the general adult population in Germany in terms of region, sex and age group; n = 3,075) performed in late summer 2021. The well-established Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-G5) was used to measure oral health-related quality of life. Moreover, the established 10 Item Big Five Inventory (BFI-10) was used to quantify personality factors (in terms of agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion, neuroticism, and openness to experience). Sex, age, family status, educational level, smoking status, alcohol consumption, sports activities, presence of chronic diseases and self-rated health were adjusted f

SUBMITTER: Hajek A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9632128 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature