Table 3 Evaluating the difference in mean A-ECOHIS scores by oral health status rating category
From: Validation of the Arabic Version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS)
Global health rating question response | Child impact section | Family impact section | Overall scale | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Mean (SD) | ra | P-value | n | Mean (SD) | rb | P-value | n | mean (SD) | rc | P-value | |
Correlations | ||||||||||||
 Excellent | 147 | 2.85 (3.3) | 0.54 | -- | 146 | 1.05 (1.8) | 0.50 | <0.01 | 146 | 3.87 (4.1) | 0.55 | -- |
 Very good | 144 | 4.96 (3.7) | 140 | 2.63 (2.6) | 140 | 7.56 (5.2) | ||||||
 Good | 57 | 8.04 (4.9) | 57 | 4.56 (3.6) | 57 | 12.60 (7.6) | ||||||
 Fair | 43 | 8.92 (4.7) | 31 | 3.39 (2.5) | 31 | 10.85 (5.5) | ||||||
 Poor | 22 | 12.62 (5.5) | 21 | 6.21 (2.6) | 21 | 19.14 (6.8) | ||||||
Differences in mean scores | ||||||||||||
 Good oral health | 348 | 4.57 (4.1) | -- | <0.01 | 343 | 2.28 (2.8) | -- | <0.01 | 343 | 6.83 (6.1) | -- | <0.01 |
 Poor oral health | 65 | 10.17 (5.2) |  |  | 52 | 4.53 (2.9) |  |  | 52 | 14.20 (7.3) |  |  |