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Table 2 Relationship between the participants’ knowledge, attitudes and self-rated oral health and general health characteristics and OHRQoL was assessed using Spearman correlation test (N = 281)

From: Oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices and oral health-related quality of life among stroke inpatients: a cross-sectional study

Variable (range of scores)

M ± SD

Spearman correlation (r)

p-value

Knowledg(0–8)

3.81 ± 2.06

.060

0.315

Attitudes(0–5)

3.95 ± 1.31

− .007

0.901

Self general health assessment(1–5)

3.07 ± 0.93

− .146

0.018

Self-rated oral health assessment(1–5)

2.99 ± 0.87

− .365

0.015

  1. OHRQoL Oral health-related quality of life, M mean, SD standard deviation