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Table 3 Means, standard deviations, minimum (min) and maximum (max) of responses for each domain of the PIDAQ questionnaire as well as the p-value for each domain and overall perception (*)

From: Personality traits, psychosocial effects and quality of life of patients submitted to dental bleaching

Domains

Mean ± SD

 

Min (before/after)

max (before/after)

p value (*)

effect size

Statistical power post hoc

Before

After

Dental self confidence

10.9 ± 4.8

16.2 ± 5.0

0/4

20/24

< 0.0001

0.47

0.99

Social impact

4.8 ± 4.7

3.4 ± 3.8

0/0

20/16

0.02

0.16

0.95

Psychological impact

6.5 ± 4.7

2.9 ± 2.6

0/0

15/9

< 0.001

0.42

0.95

Aesthetic concern

2.7 ± 2.7

2.0 ± 2.2

0/0

12/9

0.03

0.14

0.70

  1. *Different periods were compared with the Wilcoxon Signed Rank (α = 0.05)