Older Seniors during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Social Support and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Survey
2.2. Survey Pretesting
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Demographic Characteristics
3.2. Social Support
3.3. OHRQoL
3.4. Correlation between Social Support and OHRQoL
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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Total | Count | Percentage | |
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Overall | 427 | ||
Sex | 427 | ||
female | 215 | 50.4 | |
male | 212 | 49.6 | |
Age group | 427 | ||
75 | 119 | 27.9 | |
80 | 200 | 46.8 | |
85 | 108 | 25.3 | |
Care level (CL) | 423 | ||
no CL | 332 | 78.5 | |
CL 1 | 18 | 4.3 | |
CL 2 | 44 | 10.4 | |
CL 3 | 27 | 6.4 | |
CL 4 | 1 | 0.2 | |
CL 5 | 1 | 0.2 | |
Vaccination status | 415 | ||
no | 278 | 67.0 | |
yes | 137 | 33.0 |
Item | Question | Categories of Answers | ||||
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1 None of the Time | 2 A little of the Time | 3 Some of the Time | 4 Most of the Time | 5 All of the Time | ||
% (n) | ||||||
ESSI-D 1 | Is there someone available to you who you can count on to listen when you need to talk? | 0.8 (3) | 2.5 (10) | 6.3 (25) | 34.3 (137) | 56.3 (225) |
ESSI-D 2 | Is there someone available to give you good advice about a problem? | 1.3 (5) | 3.0 (12) | 10.0 (40) | 35.0 (142) | 50.7 (203) |
ESSI-D 3 | Is there someone available to you who shows you love and affection? | 1.3 (5) | 4.3 (17) | 6.0 (24) | 21.3 (85) | 67.3 (269) |
ESSI-D 4 | Can you count on anyone to provide you with emotional support, such as talking over problems or helping you make difficult decisions? | 1.5 (6) | 3.5 (14) | 6.8 (24) | 22.3 (89) | 66.0 (264) |
ESSI-D 5 | Do you have as much contact as you would like with someone you feel close to, someone you can trust and confide in? | 0.8 (3) | 6.0 (24) | 5.0 (20) | 22.3 (89) | 66.0 (264) |
Domain | Mean ± SD (Q1/Median/Q3) n = 404 | CLno/CLyes p-Value (Mann–Whitney-Test) | ||
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Overall (n = 401) | CLno (n = 317) | CLyes (n = 84) | ||
Functional limitation | 0.66 ± 1.30 (0/0/1) | 0.58 ± 1.17 (0/0/1) | 0.98 ± 1.66 (0/0/2) | 0.068 (n.s.) |
Physical pain | 1.32 ± 1.65 (0/1/2) | 1.23 ± 1.61 (0/1/2) | 1.69 ± 1.77 (0/1/3) | 0.018 |
Psychological discomfort | 1.20 ± 1.69 (0/0/2) | 1.13 ± 1.69 (0/0/2) | 1.48 ± 1.64 (0/1/2) | 0.015 |
Physical disability | 0.68 ± 1.35 (0/0/1) | 0.60 ± 1.30 (0/0/1) | 0.98 ± 1.49 (0/0/2) | 0.013 |
Psychological disability | 1.09 ± 1.49 (0/0/2) | 0.97 ± 1.36 (0/0/2) | 1.52 ± 1.86 (0/1/3) | 0.041 |
Social disability | 1.07 ± 1.46 (0/0/2) | 0.91 ± 1.29 (0/0/2) | 1.69 ± 1.86 (0/1/3) | <0.001 |
Handicap | 1.18 ± 1.54 (0/1/2) | 1.02 ± 1.35 (0/0/2) | 1.79 ± 1.99 (0/1/3) | 0.001 |
OHIP-14 sum score | 7.20 ± 8.25 (1/4/11) | 6.43 ± 7.74 (1/4/10) | 10.12 ± 9.41 (2/7/17) | <0.001 |
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Weber, S.; Hahnel, S.; Nitschke, I.; Schierz, O.; Rauch, A. Older Seniors during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Social Support and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life. Healthcare 2021, 9, 1177. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091177
Weber S, Hahnel S, Nitschke I, Schierz O, Rauch A. Older Seniors during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Social Support and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life. Healthcare. 2021; 9(9):1177. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091177
Chicago/Turabian StyleWeber, Sophia, Sebastian Hahnel, Ina Nitschke, Oliver Schierz, and Angelika Rauch. 2021. "Older Seniors during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Social Support and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life" Healthcare 9, no. 9: 1177. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091177