A short-term approach for promoting oral health of internally displaced children with PTSD: the key is improving mental health—results from a quasi-randomized trial

Table 3 Differences between boys and girls in intervention group according to oral (PI, GI) and mental (CPQ_11-14, CPTSD-RI) health variables pre and post program

Variable		Boys			Girls			Differences**
Variable		mean	SD	P value*	mean	SD	P value*	Differences**
PI	Pre	2.28	0.45	0.000	2.06	0.73	0.000	0.217
PI	Post	1.81	0.39	0.000	1.34	0.57	0.000	0.000**
GI	Pre	2.05	0.43	0.000	2.18	0.45	0.000	0.296
GI	Post	1.53	0.55	0.000	1.45	0.56	0.000	0.602
CPQ_11-14	Pre	73.82	16.67	0.000	75.40	15.71	0.000	0.716
CPQ_11-14	Post	48.69	12.38	0.000	46.21	12.22	0.000	0.452
CPTSD-RI	Pre	45.56	13.12	0.001	45.72	16.03	0.000	0.967
CPTSD-RI	Post	38.91	11.04	0.001	31.62	12.23	0.000	0.023**

PI, Plaque Index; GI, Gingival Index; CPQ_11-14, Child Perception Questionnaire age between 11 and 14; CPTSD-RI, Child Posttraumatic Stress Reaction Index; SD, Standard Deviation
*Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test
**Independent samples t-test

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