Differences in the study variables by oral function ADL and IADL (N=454)
Variables | Total N (%) | ADL | IADL | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | Abnormal | Normal | Abnormal | |||||
Difficulty chewing | ||||||||
Disagree | 234 (51.5%) | 223 (52.8%) | 11 (34.4%) | 0.081 | 167 (55.3%) | 67 (44.1%) | 0.077 | |
Neutral | 66 (14.5%) | 58 (13.7%) | 8 (25.0%) | 41 (13.6%) | 25 (16.4%) | |||
Agree | 154 (33.9%) | 141 (33.4%) | 13 (40.6%) | 94 (31.1%) | 60 (39.5%) | |||
Difficulty swallowing | ||||||||
Disagree | 384 (84.6%) | 360 (85.3%) | 24 (75.0%) | 0.293 | 257 (85.1%) | 127 (83.6%) | 0.171 | |
Neutral | 51 (11.2%) | 45 (10.7%) | 6 (18.8%) | 36 (11.9%) | 15 (9.9%) | |||
Agree | 19 (4.2%) | 17 (4.0%) | 2 (6.3%) | 9 (3.0%) | 10 (6.6%) | |||
Dry mouth | ||||||||
Disagree | 252 (55.5%) | 238 (55.5%) | 14 (43.8%) | 0.244 | 166 (55.0%) | 86 (55.6%) | 0.735 | |
Neutral | 93 (20.5%) | 83 (20.5%) | 10 (31.3%) | 65 (21.5%) | 28 (18.4%) | |||
Agree | 109 (24.0%) | 101 (24.0%) | 8 (25.0%) | 71 (23.5%) | 38 (25.0%) | |||
Number of teeth | ||||||||
21-32 | 227 (50.1%) | 114 (27.1%) | 15 (46.9%) | 0.05 | 160 (53.2%) | 67 (44.1%) | 0.01 | |
11-20 | 97 (21.4%) | 93 (22.1%) | 4 (12.5%) | 69 (22.9%) | 28 (18.4%) | |||
0-10 | 129 (28.5%) | 214 (50.8%) | 13 (40.6%) | 72 (55.80%) | 57 (37.5%) |