Table 2 Answer proportions and percentage participants scoring ‘impairment’a per GOHAI item for groups A and Bb
GOHAI item | group | never | seldom | sometimes | often | very often or always | % impair-ment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Limit the kinds of food | A | 64.2 | 14.7 | 10.1 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 21.1 |
B | 61.9 | 16.1 | 11.9 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 22.0 | |
2. Trouble biting or chewing | A | 39.4 | 32.1 | 13.8 | 8.3 | 6.4 | 28.5 |
B | 34.7 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 22.9 | 11 | 48.3 | |
3. Able to swallow comfortably | A | 7.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 19.3 | 62.4 | 18.3 |
B | 7.6 | 2.5 | 5.9 | 15.3 | 68.6 | 16.0 | |
4. Unable to speak clearly | A | 70.6 | 18.3 | 7.3 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 11.0 |
B | 77.1 | 5.9 | 11.9 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 16.9 | |
5. Able to eat without discomfort | A | 6.4 | 10.1 | 7.3 | 24.8 | 51.4 | 23.8 |
B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 15.3 | 28.0 | 45.8 | 26.3 | |
6. Limit contact with people | A | 86.2 | 10.1 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 3.6 |
B | 93.2 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | |
7. Pleased with look of teeth | A | 3.7 | 4.6 | 8.3 | 56.9 | 26.6 | 16.6 |
B | 11 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 29.7 | 30.5 | 39.8 | |
8. Used medication to relieve pain | A | 70.6 | 21.1 | 7.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 8.2 |
B | 93.2 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3.3 | |
9. Worried about teeth, gums or dentures | A | 37.6 | 32.1 | 16.5 | 12.8 | 0.9 | 30.2 |
B | 65.3 | 16.9 | 15.3 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 17.8 | |
10. Self-conscious of teeth, gums or dentures | A | 67.9 | 21.1 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 11.0 |
B | 84.7 | 9.3 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | |
11. Uncomfortable eating in front of others | A | 70.6 | 14.7 | 9.2 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 14.7 |
B | 82.2 | 11.0 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 6.7 | |
12. Sensitive to hot, cold or sweet foods | A | 47.7 | 32.1 | 15.6 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 20.2 |
B | 68.6 | 9.3 | 13.6 | 7.6 | 0.8 | 22.0 |