Factors Affecting Patient Satisfaction with Complete Dentures
Table 2
Results of Pearson correlations along with value measured at a significant level of for dentist, gender, and previous experience versus all variables of the OHIP-EDENT part of the questionnaire.
OHIP-EDENT item
Dentist
Gender
Previous experience
Pearson
value
Pearson
value
Pearson
value
Difficulty in chewing any foods
−0.12
0.35
0.06
0.7
−0.30
0.02
Food catching in your dentures
0.01
0.92
−0.002
0.99
−0.08
0.55
Dentures not fitting properly
0.16
0.22
0.16
0.22
−0.11
0.41
Painful aching in your mouth
−0.20
0.12
0.24
0.06
−0.11
0.39
Uncomfortable to eat any foods
0.06
0.64
0.07
0.56
−0.16
0.22
Sore spots in your mouth
−0.16
0.23
0.25
0.05
−0.13
0.31
Uncomfortable dentures
0.19
0.15
0.09
0.49
−0.20
0.12
Worried by dental problems
0.03
0.81
0.24
0.06
−0.13
0.31
Self-conscious because of dentures
0.03
0.84
0.40
0.002
−0.21
0.88
Unclear speech
−0.15
0.25
0.13
0.34
−0.13
0.32
Avoid eating some foods
−0.07
0.61
0.22
0.09
−0.22
0.09
Unable to eat
−0.05
0.69
0.09
0.49
−0.25
0.05
Interrupt meals
0.13
0.31
−0.05
0.71
−0.17
0.19
Upset with dentures
−0.04
0.79
0.19
0.14
−0.24
0.06
A bit embarrassed
−0.12
0.36
0.26
0.05
−0.12
0.37
Avoid going out
−0.004
0.98
0.31
0.02
−0.14
0.30
Less tolerant to partner or family
0.02
0.89
0.34
0.01
−0.11
0.42
Irritable with other people
−0.004
0.98
0.31
0.02
−0.14
0.30
Avoid other people’s company
−0.03
0.82
0.31
0.02
−0.13
0.32
Feel life in general less satisfying
0.20
0.14
0.13
0.32
−0.04
0.77
Total OHIP
−0.001
0.9
0.24
0.07
−0.22
0.08
Bold indicates a statistically significant difference between groups.
