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Table 3 Predictive validity

From: Psychometric characteristics of the “General Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) » in a French representative sample of patients with schizophrenia

Variable

Mean Add-GOHAI [CI (95%)]

Significance

Satisfaction with oral health

 Yes (n = 35)

50.93 [50.87; 50.99]

<0.01

 No (n = 55)

42.10 [42.06; 42.14]

Duration of illness

  ≤ 18 years (n = 43)

47.12 [47.07; 47.17]

NS

 18 ans et plus (n = 47)

44.08 [44.02; 44.15]

How long since last dental visit?

  ≤ 6 months (n = 35)

46.55 [46.46; 46.64]

NS

 6 months or more (n = 54)

44.89 [44.85; 44.93]

Smoking habit

 Yes (n = 48)

44.38 [44.31; 44.45]

NS

 No (n = 42)

46.54 [46.49; 46.59]

Frequency of tooth brushing

 Never to Occasionally (n = 22)

42.76 [42.59; 42.95]

0.02

 Always (n = 58)

47.18 [47.15; 47.22]

Age

  ≤ 40 year (n = 27)

48.68 [48.59; 48.77]

0.03

  > 40 year (n = 63)

44.19 [44.15; 44.22]

Sex

 Male (n = 58)

45.97 [45.93; 46.00]

NS

 Female (n = 32)

44.74 [44.63; 44.86]

High school education

 Primary school or less (n = 19)

42.43 [42.15; 42.71]

NS

 Secondary or higher (n = 70)

46.51 [46.49; 46.54]

Residence

 With the Family (n = 21)

47.05 [46.79;47.30]

NS

 Autonomous (n = 61)

45.15 [45.11; 45.18]

 Hospitalized (n = 8)

44.49 [43.99; 44.98]

  1. NS Not significant (p > 0.05), CI Confidence Interval