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Table 5 Construct, convergent and discriminant validity tests for the Malay-ECOHIS - associations between Malay-ECOHIS and subjective outcome variables (n = 123)

From: The Malay version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (Malay-ECOHIS) – assessing validity and reliability

Variables

n

Mean

(SD)

ECOHIS score (Quartiles)

P*

Perceived satisfaction on child’s oral health

     

 Very satisfied

8

0.88

(2.47)

(0.0, 0.0, 0.0)

<0.001

 Satisfied

56

2.21

(3.72)

(0.0, 0.0, 3.8)

 

 Moderate

37

4.68

(4.47)

(0.0, 4.0, 8.0)

 

 Not satisfied

18

5.22

(4.75)

(1.8, 4.0, 8.3)

 

 Very unsatisfied

4

11.25

(7.41)

(5.3, 9.5, 19.0)

 

Perceived child’s oral health status

     

 Excellent

7

1.00

(2.65)

(0.0, 0.0, 0.0)

<0.001

 Very good

19

1.42

(3.82)

(0.0, 0.0, 0.0)

 

 Good

50

3.16

(4.01)

(0.0, 1.5, 5.0)

 

 Moderate

40

4.65

(4.59)

(1.0, 4.0, 7.8)

 

 Poor

7

9.29

(6.18)

(5.0, 6.0, 13.0)

 

Perceived child’s oral health need

     

 Yes

94

4.57

(4.80)

(0.0, 4.0, 7.0)

<0.001

 No

21

0.48

(1.44)

(0.0, 0.0, 0.0)

 

 Don’t know

8

0.38

(0.74)

(0.0, 0.0, 0.75)

 

Child’s experience of toothache

     

 Very often

1

19.0

(0.00)

(19.0, 19.0, 19.0)

<0.001

 Occasionally

48

6.50

(4.68)

(3.0, 5.0, 10.0)

 

 Never

74

1.51

(2.81)

(0.0, 0.0, 3.0)

 

Dental visit due to dentally related problems

     

 Never

55

1.96

(3.72)

(0.0, 0.0, 3.0)

<0.001

 Occasionally when have problems

62

4.92

(4.60)

(1.0, 4.0, 8.0)

 

 Regularly

6

5.00

(7.18)

(0.8, 2.0, 9.3)

 
  1. *Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric statistics