Cross - cultural adaptation and preliminary validation of the Turkish version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale among 5-6-year-old children

Table 5 Findings for discriminant validity of the ECOHIS score using two methods to manage "Don't know" responses

		Mean imputation method (n = 121)			Complete case analysis (n = 115)
Variables		Child Section	Family section		Child Section	Family section
Number of decayed teeth ^a	n	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	n	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
None (A)	28	5.57 (4.28)^C*	0.67 (1.02)^C*	27	5.37 (4.23)^C*	0.63 (1.00)^C*
1-3 (B)	42	5.33 (4.30)^C*	1.09 (1.58)^C*	38	5.02 (4.30)^C*	1.00 (1.62)^C*
≥ 4 (C)	51	16.66 (4.71)^{A, B}*	5.56 (2.95)^{A, B}*	50	16.68 (4.76)^{A, B}*	5.64 (2.93)^{A, B}*
P - value		< 0.001	< 0.001		< 0.001	< 0.001
Child's dental attendance pattern ^a		Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)		Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Never (A)	63	8.33 (6.87)^B*	2.14 (2.07)^B*	60	8.23 (6.96)^B*	2.16 (2.11)^B*
Problem based (B)	22	14.45 (6.26)^{A, C}*	5.27 (3.52)^{A, C}*	21	14.52 (6.41)^A*	5.42 (3.52)^{A, C}*
Regular dental check - ups (C)	36	10.75 (6.99)^B*	2.72 (3.85)^B*	34	10.91 (7.13)	2.73 (3.96)^B*
P-value		0.002	0.001		0.002	0.001

SD, standard deviation
^a Statistical evaluation by the Kruskal-Wallis test
*Significant differences among groups according to Mann-Whitney U-test with Bonferroni correction (P < 0.0167)

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