Association between high psychological distress and poor oral health-related quality of life (OHQoL) in Japanese community-dwelling people: the Nagasaki Islands Study

Abstract Background We investigated the association between psychological distress and oral health status/oral health-related quality of life (OHQoL) in Japanese community-dwelling people. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study using data from the Nagasaki Islands Study. A total of 1183 (455 m...

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Main Authors: Ai Sekiguchi, Shin-ya Kawashiri, Hideaki Hayashida, Yuki Nagaura, Kenichi Nobusue, Fumiaki Nonaka, Hirotomo Yamanashi, Masayasu Kitamura, Koji Kawasaki, Hideki Fukuda, Takahiro Iwasaki, Toshiyuki Saito, Takahiro Maeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
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K6
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12199-020-00919-9