Oral health-related quality of life and its association with sense of coherence and social support among Yemeni immigrants in Malaysia

Abstract Oral health problems prove to be a significant public health issue due to their high prevalence and their impacts on people’s self-confidence and basic physical functions such as talking, chewing and smiling, all of which affect an individual’s social role. For that, this study aims to determine oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and its association with a sense of coherence (SOC) and perceived social support among Yemeni adults residing in Malaysia. Data was collected from 223 Yemeni adults residing in Malaysia for over a year. The data collection instruments used were: a short version of the sense of coherence Scale (SOC-13), a new short version of the oral health impact profile (OHIP-5) questionnaire, the multidimensional scale of perceived social support (MSPSS), and a questionnaire containing socio-demographic and oral health behaviours information. Simple and adjusted binary logistic regression analyses with the level of significance p