Translation and psychometric properties of the Chinese (Mandarin) version of the Child Oral Health Impact Profile-Short Form 19 (COHIP-SF 19) for school-age children

Table 4 Partial Spearman correlations ^* between clinical severity indicators and the overall COHIP-SF 19 and subscale scores (n =620)

	Caries indices (DT + dt)		Categories of malocclusion (no/mild/severe malocclusion)
	r _s	P-value	r _s	P-value
Overall COHIP-SF 19	−0.21	<0.001	−0.13	=0.001
Oral health	−0.21	<0.001	−0.11	=0.009
Functional well-being	−0.12	=0.002	−0.04	=0.339
Socio-emotional well-being	−0.14	=0.001	−0.17	<0.001

^*The partial spearman correlations were adjusted by age, gender and school district.

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