TITLE:
Relationship among Subjective Satisfaction with Verbal Communication, Dental Status, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Japanese Community-Residing Elderly Individuals
AUTHORS:
Shuichi Hara, Hiroko Miura, Kiyoko Yamasaki, Naoko Morisaki, Ken Osaka
KEYWORDS:
Subjective Satisfaction with Verbal Communication, HRQOL, Elderly, Community, Oral Health Program
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Applied Sociology,
Vol.5 No.1,
January
9,
2015
ABSTRACT: Aim:
We aimed to explore factors related to improving health-related quality of life
(HRQOL) among Japanese community-residing elderly individuals. Using a
questionnaire, we investigated subjective satisfaction with verbal
communication, dental status, and HRQOL in community-residing elderly people.
Methods: Subjects were 454 independent elderly individuals, with a mean age of
76.1 ± 6.8 years, living in Japan. The Japanese version of the SF-8 Health
Survey was used to evaluate HRQOL. Subjective satisfaction with verbal
communication was investigated using a five-point scale. Multiple regression
analysis was conducted to identify determinants affecting HRQOL. Covariance
structure analysis was conducted to investigate any mutual association between
age, presence of natural teeth, satisfaction with verbal communication, and
HRQOL. Results: The HRQOL scores of subjects who answered that they were “very
satisfied” or “satisfied” with verbal communication were significantly higher
than those of subjects in the groups of “neither satisfied nor unsatisfied”, the “unsatisfied”, and the “very
unsatisfied” in physical component summary (PCS) scores or mental
component summary (MCS) scores of SF-8 (P P P