From: The effects of at-home whitening on patients’ oral health, psychology, and aesthetic perception
Baseline | 1-week post bleaching | 1-month post bleaching | Corrected item total correlation of sum | Cronbach Alpha’s if Item Deleted | |
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Functional Limitation | 5.6 ± 2.3 | 4.7 ± 1.7* | 4.3 ± 1.5* | 0.637 | 0.808 |
Physical Pain | 4.5 ± 1.5 | 4.2 ± 1.2 | 4.1 ± 1.3* | 0.361 | 0.842 |
Psychological Discomfort | 5.7 ± 1.7 | 5.3 ± 1.4* | 5.2 ± 1.5* | 0.427 | 0.836 |
Physical Disability | 3.2 ± 1.3 | 2.8 ± 1.1* | 2.7 ± 1.0* | 0.732 | 0.792 |
Psychological Disability | 3.7 ± 1.8 | 3.3 ± 1.5* | 2.8 ± 1.1* | 0.792 | 0.772 |
Social Disability | 2.8 ± 1.4 | 2.6 ± 1.0 | 2.4 ± 0.7* | 0.604 | 0.810 |
Handicap | 2.9 ± 1.4 | 2.5 ± 0.98* | 2.4 ± 0.8* | 0.677 | 0.801 |
Overal OHIP score | 28.4 ± 8.0 | 25.4 ± 6.2* | 23.9 ± 5.6* |