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Table 4 Means, standard deviations, minimum (min) and maximum (max) of responses for each domain of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire as well as the p-value for each domain and overall score (*)

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

Before

After

Physical

13.0 ± 1.8

12.8 ± 1.5

17/15

29/29

0.20

0.06

Psychological

14.3 ± 1.4

14.4 ± 1.4

17/17

27/29

0.42

0.03

Social relationships

15.8 ± 2.2

15.4 ± 2.3

7/7

15/15

0.15

0.08

Environment

13.5 ± 1.8

14.1 ± 2.0

17/23

37/51

0.06

0.15

Overall perception of quality of life

15.8 ± 2.0

16.2 ± 1.4

75/75

122/121

0.06

0.11

  1. *Different periods were compared with the Wilcoxon Signed Rank (α = 0.05)
  2. Cronbach’s Alpha: 0.825