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Table 5 Retention of oral health knowledge and behavior in the intervention group (n = 110)

From: Effectiveness of oral health education on 8- to 10-year-old school children in rural areas of the Magway Region, Myanmar

Variables

Categories

Mean

95% CI for diff

p value

diff

Lower

Upper

 

Knowledge scores

Baseline vs 1 year

 − 1.345

 − 1.69

 − 1.00

 < 0.001

 

1 year vs one and a half years

 − 0.282

 − 0.63

0.07

0.159

 

Baseline vs one and a half years

 − 1.627

 − 1.98

 − 1.28

 < 0.001

Behavior scores

     
 

Baseline vs 1 year

 − 2.04

 − 2.41

 − 1.67

 < 0.001

 

1 year vs one and a half years

0.36

 − 0.01

0.74

0.060

 

Baseline vs one and a half years

 − 1.67

 − 2.05

 − 1.30

 < 0.001

  1. diff, difference; CI, confidence interval; vs, versus