Comparison of the ECOHIS and short-form P-CPQ and FIS scales

Table 2 Comparison of item content and item impact of the ECOHIS and the 16- and 8-item versions of the P-CPQ scales (Wellington sample only)

		Short-form scale
Item	Domain^a	ECOHIS-child	P-CPQ-16	P-CPQ-8	Prevalence^b	Mean^c	Impact^d
Pain in the teeth, lips, jaws or mouth	OS	Included	Included	Included	66.2	2.5	166
Food caught in or between the teeth	OS		Included	Included	61.0	2.4	146
Been upset	EW	Included	Included	Included	56.9	2.5	142
Bad breath	OS		Included		53.3	2.5	133
Been irritable or frustrated	EW	Included	Included	Included	49.2	2.6	128
Difficulty biting or chewing firm foods	FL	Included	Included	Included	45.6	2.6	119
Taken longer than others to eat a meal	FL		Included	Included	44.1	2.7	119
Had trouble sleeping	FL	Included	Included		45.6	2.4	109
Breathed through the mouth	FL		Included		42.6	2.4	102
Had difficulty drinking or eating hot or cold foods	FL	Included			40.0	2.4	96
Been anxious or fearful	EW		Included		37.9	2.5	95
Acted shy or embarrassed	EW		Included		25.1	2.3	58
Missed school or preschool	SW	Included	Included	Included	23.1	2.4	55
Food stuck in the roof of the mouth	OS		Included		19.0	2.5	48
Had difficulty saying any words	FL	Included			19.0	2.4	46
Not wanted to talk to other children	SW		Included	Included	16.9	2.2	37
Had a hard time paying attention in school	SW		Included		12.8	2.6	33
Avoided smiling or laughing when around other children	SW	Included	Included		12.8	2.2	28

^aOS = Oral Symptoms; FL = Functional Limitations; EW = Emotional Well-being; SW = Social Well-being.
^bPercentage reporting it ‘Sometimes’, ‘Often’, or ‘Every day or almost every day’.
^cMean item score among those reporting it ‘Sometimes’, ‘Often’, or ‘Every day or almost every day’.
^dThe product of the prevalence multiplied by the mean score.

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