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Table 2 OHIP-14 item content and item means with standard deviations at Time 1 (baseline) and Time 2 (follow-up) based on ordinal 5-point response categories

From: Longitudinal measurement invariance in prospective oral health-related quality of life assessment

Item #

Item content

Item mean (SD)

Time 1

Time 2

N = 554

N = 554

Item 2

Trouble pronouncing words

0.73 (1.07)

0.55 (0.81)

Item 6

Taste worse

0.56 (0.89)

0.45 (0.74)

Item 10

Painful aching

1.05 (1.07)

0.82 (0.91)

Item 16

Uncomfortable to eat

1.19 (1.28)

0.86 (1.01)

Item 20

Self-conscious

1.07 (1.33)

0.57 (0.90)

Item 23

Tense

0.97 (1.12)

0.61 (0.85)

Item 29

Diet unsatisfactory

0.68 (1.08)

0.46 (0.78)

Item 32

Interrupt meals

0.71 (1.03)

0.50 (0.82)

Item 35

Difficult to relax

0.81 (1.09)

0.51 (0.80)

Item 38

Been embarrassed

0.84 (1.07)

0.48 (0.76)

Item 42

Irritable with others

0.44 (0.75)

0.34 (0.63)

Item 43

Difficulty doing jobs

0.43 (0.73)

0.32 (0.63)

Item 47

Life unsatisfying

0.78 (0.99)

0.48 (0.78)

Item 48

Unable to function

0.28 (0.62)

0.23 (0.55)