Responsiveness of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) is related to dental treatment complexity

Table 1 Total and individual domains scores, change scores and effect sizes obtained with the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) at the baseline, and 30 days after finishing the dental treatment (n = 152)

Time after treatment		Baseline	30 days	Change scores	Effect size
ECOHIS	Possible ranges	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Effect size
Child section	0–36
Symptoms (1 item)	0–4	1.15 (1.20)	0.16 (0.49)^*	0.99 (1.26)	0.83
Function (4 items)	0–16	2.14 (2.81)	0.15 (0.73)^*	1.99 (2.87)	0.70
Psychological (2 items)	0–8	1.17 (1.77)	0.03 (0.24)^*	1.14 (1.79)	0.64
Self-image/social interaction (2 items)	0–8	0.59 (1.35)	0.01 (0.08)^*	0.59 (1.33)	0.43
Family section	0–16
Parent distress (2 items)	0–8	1.91 (2.36)	0.05 (0.44)^*	1.86 (2.41)	0.79
Family function (2 items)	0–8	1.01 (1.55)	0.03 (0.33)^*	0.98 (1.56)	0.63
Total ECOHIS scores	0–52	7.97 (8.46)	0.43 (1.68)^*	7.54 (8.56)	0.89

SD standard deviation
^*Statistically significant difference between the ECOHIS scores at the baseline and 30 days after finishing the treatment (p < 0.05, calculated by Wilcoxon test)

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