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Table 2 Prevalence, score and intensity of oral impacts on daily performances among OA schoolchildren in Cameron Highlands (n = 227)

From: Oral health-related quality of life among 11–12 year old indigenous children in Malaysia

Performance

Oral impacts on daily performances

Overall impact

n (%)

Eating

n (%)

Speaking

n (%)

Cleaning teeth

n (%)

Relaxing

n (%)

Emotion

n (%)

Smiling

n (%)

Doing Homework

n (%)

Socialising

n (%)

Prevalence (%)

133 (58.6)

80 (35.2)

23 (10.1)

50 (22.0)

36 (15.9)

36 (15.9)

34 (15.0)

25 (11.0)

32 (14.1)

Impact score

 Rangea

0–100

0–9

0–9

0–9

0–9

0–9

0–9

0–9

0–9

 Mean (SD)

5.45 (8.5)

0.35 (0.5)

0.10 (0.3)

0.22 (0.4)

0.16 (0.4)

0.16 (0.4)

0.15 (0.4)

0.11 (0.3)

0.14 (0.4)

 Percentiles

(0.0,2.8,6.9)

(0.0,0.0,1.0)

(0.0,0.0,0.0)

(0.0,0.0,0.0)

(0.0,0.0,0.0)

(0.0,0.0,0.0)

(0.0,0.0,0.0)

(0.0,0.0,0.0)

(0.0,0.0,0.0)

Impact intensity [n (%) of children with impacts]

 Very little

53(23.3)

20 (9.2)

8 (3.7)

7 (3.2)

5 (2.3)

15 (6.9)

5 (2.3)

7 (3.2)

13 (6.0)

 Little

71 (31.3)

31 (14.2)

8 (3.7)

19 (8.7)

16 (7.3)

13 (6.0)

10 (4.6)

9 (4.1)

8 (3.7)

 Moderate

54 (23.8)

24 (11.0)

5 (2.3)

15 (6.9)

10 (4.6)

5 (2.3)

9 (4.1)

4 (1.8)

8 (3.7)

 Severe

18 (7.9)

5 (2.3)

1 (0.5)

3 (1.4)

3 (1.4)

3 (1.4)

9 (4.1)

1 (0.5)

2 (0.9)

 Very Severe

14 (6.2)

0 (0)

1 (0.5)

6 (2.6)

2 (0.9)

0(0)

1 (0.5)

4 (1.8)

1 (0.5)

  1. a Maximum score for each performance = 9; Maximum score for the eight performances = 100