Parental perceptions of children's oral health: The Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS)

Table 5 Findings for discriminant validity of the ECOHIS

	Number of decayed and/or treated teeth
	None	1–3	≥ 4
Child Impacts section
Sample size	112	37	32
Mean score	1.15	3.32	5.06
Std. Deviation	± 1.88	± 4.08	± 4.64
ANOVA comparisons tested	None vs. 1–3*
	None vs. ≥ 4*
	1–3 vs. ≥ 4*
Family Impacts section
Sample size	117	36	33
Mean score	1.0	2.75	3.82
Std. Deviation	± 1.65	± 3.05	± 3.96
ANOVA comparisons tested	None vs. 1–3*
	None vs. ≥ 4*
	1–3 vs. ≥ 4 NS

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