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Table 3 Prevalence of orofacial pain in people with dementia in the acute hospitals

From: Oral health and orofacial pain in people with dementia admitted to acute hospital wards: observational cohort study

 

N

Total

 

N

Hospital 1

 

N

Hospital 2

 
  

n (%)

95% CI of %

 

n (%)

95% CI of %

 

n (%)

95% CI of %

OPS-NVI complete cohort

 Resting

101

12 (11.9)

5.9–18.8

22

4 (18.2)

3.8–34.8

79

8 (10.1)

3.9–17.3

 Chewing

96

21 (21.9)

14.6–31.3

20

6 (30.0)

11.1–52.4

76

15(19.7)

11.1–28.9

OPS-NVI in verbal P

 Resting

56

3 (5.4)

0.0–11.7

14

1 (7.1)

0.0–23.5

42

2 (4.8)

0.0–12.2

 Chewing

55

5 (9.1)

1.9–16.7

13

2 (15.4)

0.0–37.5

42

3 (7.1)

0.0–16.2

OPS-NVI in non-verbal P

 Resting

45

9 (20.0)

9.1–32.6

8

3 (37.5)

0.0–75.0

37

6 (16.2)

5.6–28.1

 Chewing

41

16 (39.0)

23.5–53.7

7

4 (57.1)

16.7–100.0

34

12 (35.3)

19.2–52.0

Self-report in verbal P

 Resting

56

3 (5.4)

0.0–12.7

14

1 (7.1)

0.0–23.5

42

2 (4.8)

0.0–11.8

 Chewing

55

6 (10.9)

3.6–20.0

13

2 (15.4)

0.0–37.5

42

4 (9.5)

0.0–19.5

  1. OPS-NVI Orofacial-Pain Scale for Non-Verbal Individuals, CI Confidence interval, P participants