Table 1 Distribution of subjects according to background profiles such as gender, type of braces, educational level, family income, smoking/shesha, frequency of brushing per day and noticing teeth color changes
From: Impact of fashion braces on oral health related quality of life: a web-based cross-sectional study
Characteristics | Total N (%) | Fashion braces group | Therapeutic braces group | Control group | P value a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||||
Male | 478 (41.9%) | 18 (46.2%) | 126 (32.8%) | 334 (46.5%) | <.001 |
Female | 663 (58.1%) | 21 (53.8%) | 258 (67.2%) | 384 (53.5%) | |
Educational level | <.001 | ||||
Elementary | 7 (0.6%) | 2 (5.1%) | 2 (0.5%) | 3 (0.4%) | |
Intermediate | 41 (3.6%) | 10 (25.6%) | 9 (2.3%) | 22 (3.1%) | |
High school | 236 (20.7%) | 16 (41.0%) | 80 (20.8%) | 140 (19.5%) | |
University | 857 (75.1%) | 11 (28.2%) | 293 (74.3%) | 553 (77.0%) | |
Family income | .001 | ||||
Less than average | 370 (32.4%) | 24 (61.5%) | 134 (34.9%) | 212 (29.5%) | |
Average (SAR 10,000) | 368 (32.3%) | 7 (17.9%) | 126 (32.8%) | 235 (32.7%) | |
More than average | 403 (35.3%) | 8 (20.5%) | 124 (32.3%) | 271 (37.7%) | .005 |
Smoking / shesha | |||||
Yes | 219 (19,1%) | 11 (26.8%) | 56 (14.2%) | 152 (21.2%) | |
No | 914 (80.1%) | 24 (63.4%) | 327 (85.5%) | 563 (78.4%) | |
Unknown | 8 (0.7%) | 4 (9.8%) | 1 (0.3%) | 3 (0.4%) | |
Frequency of brushing per day | <.001 | ||||
Once | 451 (39.5%) | 7 (17.9%) | 100 (26.0%) | 344 (47.9%) | |
Twice | 477 (41.8%) | 22 (56.4%) | 186 (48.4%) | 269 (37.5%) | |
More than twice | 141 (12.4%) | 4 (10.3%) | 83 (21.6%) | 55 (7.7%) | |
Do not brush | 60 (5.3%) | 2 (5.1%) | 13 (3.4%) | 45 (6.3%) | |
Other | 12 (1.1%) | 4 (10.3%) | 3 (0.8%) | 5 (0.7%) | |
Noticing teeth color changes | .57 | ||||
Yes | 588 (51.5%) | 16 (41.0%) | 200 (52.1%) | 372 (51.8%) | |
No | 300 (26.3%) | 14 (35.9%) | 95 (24.7%) | 191 (26.5%) | |
Maybe | 253 (22.2%) | 9 (23.1%) | 89 (23.2%) | 155 (21.6%) | |