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Table 2 The Child-OIDP scores and self-reported and clinically assessed variables. Percent of children with Child-OIDP > 0 and mean Child-OIDP scores with differences in mean rank, DMR, (Mann Whitney U test).

From: Applicability of an abbreviated version of the Child-OIDP inventory among primary schoolchildren in Tanzania

Self rated oral health

% Child OIDPSC > 0

Mean (SD) Child OIDP ADD scores

DMR

Overall satisfaction with teeth

   

Satisfied

26.0 (369)

1.0 (2.5)

 

Dissatisfied

49.2 (89)**

2.4 (3.8)**

91.1

State of teeth

   

Good

25.1 (351)

1.0 (2.6)

 

Bad

53 (107)**

2.3 (3.4)**

120.5

State of general health

   

Good

27.6 (417)

1.1 (2.7)

 

Bad

46.1 (41)**

1.9 (3.3)**

38.0

Reported oral problems

   

No problem

11.6 (71)

0.4 (1.7)

 

≥1 problems

39.2 (387)**

1.6 (3.1)**

256.2

DMFT

   

DMFT = 0

26.7 (333)

1.1 (2.6)

 

DMFT > 0

35.5 (125)*

1.5 (3.1)**

59.5

Oral Hygiene score

   

Good

27.3 (287)

1.1 (2.7)

 

Fair/poor

31.1 (171)ns

1.2 (2.8) ns

34.1

  1. **p < 0.001, *p < 0.05