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Table 3 Comparison of overall Child-OIDP scores between face-to-face interview and self-administered questionnaire groups

From: Comparison of the self-administered and interviewer-administered modes of the child-OIDP

Proxy measures

rho

p value

FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW GROUP (n = 72)

Self-rated oral health status (poor/.../good)

-0.04

0.747

Self-perceived need for braces (a little/.../a lot)

0.26

0.027

Happiness with dental appearance (unhappy/.../happy)

-0.28

0.015

Frequency of thinking about dental appearance (not often/.../a lot)

0.37

0.001

SELF-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE GROUP (n = 72)

  

Self-rated oral health status (poor/.../good)

-0.11

0.346

Self-perceived need for braces (a little/.../a lot)

0.12

0.325

Happiness with dental appearance (unhappy/.../happy)

-0.24

0.039

Frequency of thinking about dental appearance (not often/.../a lot)

0.13

0.297

COMPARISON OF CORRELATIONS BETWEEN GROUPS

  

Self-rated oral health status (poor/.../good)

---

0.662

Self-perceived need for braces (a little/.../a lot)

---

0.394

Happiness with dental appearance (unhappy/.../happy)

---

0.787

Frequency of thinking about dental appearance (not often/.../a lot)

---

0.118

  1. Spearman's rho correlation coefficient was used
  2. (*) Fisher's Z-transformation was used