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Table 4 Transition score and change score according to the global rating of change (mean, 95% confidence interval)

From: The use of Oral Health Impact on Daily Living (OHIDL) transition scale in measuring the change in oral health-related quality of life among older adults

Global rating of change

n

Transition score

Change score

Mean

(95% CI)

Mean

(95% CI)

Much deteriorated

0

Moderately deteriorated

2

− 5.5

(− 75.4, 64.4)

2.0

(2.0, 2.0)

A little deteriorated

9

− 3.4

(− 5.8, − 1.2)

0.1

(− 6.8, 7.0)

No change

63

0.4

(< − 0.1, 0.9)

2.1

(1.0, 3.2)

A little improved*

43

3.3

(1.6, 5.0)

4.3

(2.4, 6.1)

Moderately improved

47

9.9

(8.1, 11.7)

7.2

(4.7, 9.7)

Very much improved

12

20.7

(13.3, 28.1)

16.4

(9.0, 23.8)

Total

176

4.8

(3.6, 6.0)

4.7

(3.7, 6.0)

Spearman rank correlation

 

0.76

 

0.37

 
  1. *Used to determined minimal clinically important difference (MCID)