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Table 3 Distribution of change scores for those who remained stable, improved a little and improved a lot (n = 154)

From: Responsiveness to change for the Brazilian Scale of Oral Health Outcomes for 5-year-old children (SOHO-5)

Change scores*

‘Stayed the same’ (n = 6)

‘Improved a little’ (n = 24)

‘Improved a lot’ (n = 124)

Child-self report version

   

−2

1

0

0

0

5

7

50

+1 to +3

0

13

44

> + 3

0

4

30

Parental report version

‘Stayed the same’ (n = 10)

‘Improved a little’ (n = 33)

‘Improved a lot’ (n = 111)

0

9

19

29

+1 to +5

0

12

59

+6 to +12

0

0

14

+13 to +18

0

1

3

≥ +19

1

1

6

  1. *Change scores are calculated by subtracting post-treatments scores from pretreatment scores of the SOHO-5.