%0 Journal Article
%T Oral health-related quality of life, sense of coherence and dental anxiety: An epidemiological cross-sectional study of middle-aged women
%A Ulla Wide Boman
%A Anette Wennstr£¿m
%A Ulrika Stenman
%A Magnus Hakeberg
%J BMC Oral Health
%D 2012
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1472-6831-12-14
%X The study had a cross-sectional design and included 500 randomly selected women in Gothenburg, Sweden, 38 and 50£¿years of age, from health examinations in 2004¨C05. The survey included questionnaires covering global questions concerning socio-economic status, oral health/function and dental care behaviour, and tests of oral health-related quality of life, sense of coherence, and dental anxiety.High dental anxiety and low sense of coherence predicted low oral health-related quality of life. In addition, socioeconomic status as measured by income, perceived oral functional status as captured by chewing ability and self-reported susceptibility to periodontal disease were also important predictors of oral health-related quality of life.Dental anxiety and sense of coherence had an inverse relationship with regard to oral health-related quality of life. These associations were stronger than other risk factors for low oral health-related quality of life.
%K Dental anxiety
%K Epidemiology
%K Oral health-related quality of life
%K Sense of coherence
%K Women
%U http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6831/12/14/abstract