Validation of the child oral health impact profile (COHIP) french questionnaire among 12 years-old children in New Caledonia

Table 4 Discriminant Validity: Correlation between COHIP scores and clinical variables (n = 236)

Partial Spearman correlation adjusted for gender	Calculus^c	Infectious dental process^b	D3MFT^a	COCNI index^d
Domain 1	-.146^*	-.213^**	-.057	-.212^**
Domain 2	-.137^*	-.060	-.165^*	-.134^*
Domain 3	-.076	-.149^*	-.063	-.124
Domain 4	-.092	-.130^*	-.135^*	-.135^*
Domain 5	-.158^*	-.075	-.080	-.088
COHIP Score	-.168^**	-.183^**	-.186^**	-.195^**

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01
^aNumber of decayed, missing of filled permanent teeth, carious threshold = stage 3 or 4 of Ekstrand’s classification [30]
^bPresence of an abscess, a tooth with pulpal exposure or an apical fistula
^cPresence of calculus on a group of teeth, all the sextants of one arch or all sextants of two arches [32]
^dClinical Oral Care Needs Index [34]

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