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Table 4 Discriminate validity of the A-ECOHIS among the community-based sample

From: Validation of the Arabic Version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS)

 

Number of items

Range

Number of decayed, missed and filled teeth

Multiple ANOVA comparisons

None

1–5

>5

Child symptoms

1

0–4

   

0 vs. 1–5*

 Sample size

  

136

161

125

1–5 vs. ≥5*

 Mean score (SD)

  

0.5 (0.8)

0.9 (1.0)

1.6 (0.9)

0 vs. ≥5*

Child function

4

0–16

   

0 vs. 1–5

 Sample size

  

136

161

125

1–5 vs. ≥5*

 Mean score (SD)

  

2.1 (2.1)

2.1 (2.2)

3.7 (2.7)

0 vs. ≥5*

Child Psychology

2

0–8

   

0 vs. 1–5

 Sample size

  

136

161

125

1–5 vs. ≥5*

 Mean score (SD)

  

1.0 (1.4)

1.0 (1.3)

1.5 (1.5)

0 vs. ≥5*

Self-image and social interaction

2

0–8

   

0 vs. 1–5

 Sample size

  

136

161

125

1–5 vs. ≥5*

 Mean score (SD)

  

0.6 (1.2)

0.6 (1.1)

1.1 (1.5)

0 vs. ≥5*

Child impact section

9

0–36

4.2 (4.2)

4.7 (4.3)

7.8 (5.0)

0 vs. 1–5

     

1–5 vs. ≥5*

     

0 vs. ≥5*

Parental Distress

2

0–8

   

0 vs. 1–5

 Sample size

  

134

153

115

1–5 vs. ≥5*

 Mean score (SD)

  

1.2 (1.7)

1.4 (1.8)

2.3 (2.0)

0 vs. ≥5*

Family function

2

0–8

   

0 vs. 1–5

 Sample size

     

1–5 vs. ≥5*

 Mean score (SD)

  

134

153

115

0 vs. ≥5*

  

0.9 (1.4)

0.8 (1.5)

1.4 (1.6)

 

Family impact section

4

0–16

134

153

115

0 vs. 1–5

  

2.1 (2.7)

2.2 (2.9)

3.6 (3.0)

1–5 vs. ≥5*

     

0 vs. ≥5*

Overall scale

13

0–52

6.3 (6.2)

6.6 (5.9)

11.2 (7.1)

0 vs. 1–5

     

1–5 vs. ≥5*

     

0 vs. ≥5*

  1. A-ECOHIS Arabic version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale, SD standard deviation
  2. Excluded from the family section and total ECOHIS analyses were 20 subjects with > 1 missing item in the family section. *P-value ≤ 0.05, Tukey multiple comparisons test