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Table 4 Oral hygiene-related behaviors and oral health literacy estimates among the 282 study participants

From: Development of a Greek Oral health literacy measurement instrument: GROHL

  

GROHL

n

col. %

mean (SD)

P*

Entire sample

282

100

11.5 (4.0)

 

Daily tooth brushing frequency

   

0.2

 twice or more

174

62

11.8 (3.9)

 

 once

102

36

11.0 (4.0)

 

 less than once

6

2

9.8 (5.3)

 

Use of dental floss

   

0.3

 yes

134

48

11.7 (3.8)

 

 no

147

52

11.2 (4.1)

 

Use of mouthwash

   

0.001

 yes

104

37

12.4 (3.6)

 

 no

177

63

10.8 (4.1)

 
  1. SD Standard deviation
  2. *derived from analyses of variance (ANOVA) or Student’s t test