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Table 4 Correlation between selected oral clinical conditions for each domain and for overall OIDP (n = 1332)

From: Key factors associated with oral health-related quality of life in Sri Lankan adolescents: a cross sectional study

 

Functional domain

Social and psychological domain

Total OIDP

Spearman r

Spearman r

Spearman r

DMFT index

0.108a

0.133a

0.14a

Number of decayed teeth

0.121a

0.121a

0.13a

Number of filled teeth due to caries

0.041

0.066a

0.068a

Number of missing teeth due to caries

0.017

0.037

0.035

OHI-S index

0.001

0.019

0.012

Debris index (DI)

0.001

0.036

0.029

Calculus index (CI)

0.030

 − 0.003

0.000

  1. Spearman correlation test were used
  2. aCorrelations significant at the 0.05 level