Oral Health and Quality of Life in Norwegian Psychiatric Inpatients, 138 Participants

A 2026 cross-sectional study of 138 adult inpatients at the University Hospital of Northern Norway, with a median age of 35.5 years. The dataset, authored by Kristina G. Kantola, assesses oral health impacts on daily life in individuals with severe psychiatric and/or substance use disorders using clinical examinations and a structured questionnaire. The primary outcome is Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL), measured via the Oral Impact on Daily Performance (OIDP) questionnaire.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the prevalence of oral health impacts on daily activities like eating and sleeping based on OIDP questionnaire results.
• Investigating mediation relationships between psychiatric symptoms and oral health quality of life based on the described regression and mediation analyses.
• Studying associations between clinical oral conditions (tooth decay, missing teeth) and patient-reported outcomes in a specialized inpatient population.

Strengths

• Includes clinical oral examination data and radiographs for 138 participants.
• Uses a validated instrument (Oral Impact on Daily Performance questionnaire) as the primary outcome measure.
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 18.1 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Data collected from the Division of Mental Health and Substance Use, University Hospital of Northern Norway.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional study using clinical oral examinations, radiographs, and a structured questionnaire.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 05:30:13; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Norway (University Hospital of Northern Norway).