Relationship among Subjective Satisfaction with Verbal Communication, Dental Status, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Japanese Community-Residing Elderly Individuals

摘要: Aim: We aimed to explore factors related 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 people. Methods: Subjects were 454 independent individuals, mean age 76.1 ± 6.8 years, living Japan. The version the SF-8 Health Survey was used evaluate HRQOL. Subjective communication using five-point scale. Multiple regression analysis conducted identify determinants affecting Covariance structure investigate any mutual association between age, presence natural teeth, Results: scores subjects who answered that they “very satisfied” or “satisfied” significantly higher than those groups “neither satisfied nor unsatisfied”, “unsatisfied”, unsatisfied” physical component summary (PCS) mental (MCS) (P < 0.001). In multiple analysis, gender, predictors PCS scores. Furthermore, also MCS There significant positive correlation (r = 0.307, P 0.001) 0.435, covariance analysis. Conclusions: Satisfaction is community-dwelling