Hasheminejad Naimeh, Hajizamani Hamidreza, Tayebeh Malek Mohammadi, Thomson William Murray
Oral and Dental Disease Research Center, Kerman Social Determinants on Oral Health Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Research Center for Science and Technology in Medicine, Department of Dental Biomaterials, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Int J Dent. 2021 Jan 31;2021:6619123. doi: 10.1155/2021/6619123. eCollection 2021.
Self-rated oral health and oral health-related quality of life is known to be influenced by various personality characteristics. The aim of this study was to understand how personality characteristics affect oral health-related quality of life ratings in an Iranian adult population. The study included 443 adult participants recruited from a public dental clinic in Kerman, southeast of Iran. The Oral Health Impact Profile-14 questionnaire was used to assess oral health-related quality of life. Personality traits were determined using the 20-item Positive Affectivity Negative Affectivity Scale. Locker's single-item global self-rating of oral health was used to obtain information on self-rated oral health. Pearson correlation and negative binomial regression were used for data analysis. A higher negative affectivity score was associated with worse oral heath related quality of life, and a higher positive affectivity score was associated with better rating of oral health-related quality of life. On average, individuals who described their oral health as worse scored higher on Oral Health Impact Profile-14. Negative affectivity and positive affectivity influence individuals' perceptions of their oral health and quality of life. If possible, investigations of oral health-related quality of life measures should also include a brief personality assessment.
众所周知，自评口腔健康和与口腔健康相关的生活质量会受到各种性格特征的影响。本研究的目的是了解性格特征如何影响伊朗成年人群中与口腔健康相关的生活质量评分。该研究纳入了443名从伊朗东南部克尔曼的一家公立牙科诊所招募的成年参与者。使用口腔健康影响程度量表-14问卷来评估与口腔健康相关的生活质量。使用包含20个条目的积极情感消极情感量表来确定性格特征。使用洛克的口腔健康单项总体自评来获取关于自评口腔健康的信息。采用Pearson相关性分析和负二项回归进行数据分析。较高的消极情感得分与较差的与口腔健康相关的生活质量相关，而较高的积极情感得分与较好的与口腔健康相关的生活质量评分相关。平均而言，将自己的口腔健康描述为较差的个体在口腔健康影响程度量表-14上得分更高。消极情感和积极情感会影响个体对其口腔健康和生活质量的认知。如果可能的话，对与口腔健康相关的生活质量测量的调查也应包括简短的性格评估。
