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Table 4 Children’s SOHO-5 scores (self-reported): associations with subjective and clinical indicators of oral health (N = 725)

From: Cross cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Bengali version of the Scale of Oral Health Outcomes for 5-year-old children (SOHO-5)

Oral health indicators

Percentage (%)

SOHO-5 scores Median (25–75 percentile)

SOHO-5 scores Mean (95% CI)

p

Current dental paina

    

No

58.5

0 (0–1)

0.60 (0.49, 0.72)

 < 0.001

A little

28.2

2 (1–3)

2.70 (2.43, 2.98)

 

A lot

13.3

4 (3–7)

5.07 (4.49, 5.64)

 

Ever had dental paina

    

No

44.9

0 (0–0)

0.36 (0.23, 0.48)

 < 0.001

A little

33.6

2 (1–3)

2.14 (1.91, 2.37)

 

A lot

21.4

3 (1–6)

4.24 (3.82, 4.67)

 

Satisfaction with oral healtha

    

Not satisfied

16.8

3 (1–6)

3.42 (2.89, 3.95)

 < 0.001

A little satisfied

37.3

2 (1–4)

2.50 (2.22, 2.78)

 

Very satisfied

45.9

0 (0–1)

0.70 (0.55, 0.85)

 

Presencec of dental cavitiesb

    

No cavity

45.6

0 (0–0)

0.44 (0.33, 0.56)

 < 0.001

Have cavity

47.5

2 (1–4)

3.05 (2.78, 3.32)

 

Dental cariesa

    

dmft + DMFT = 0

26.8

0 (0–0)

0.06 (0.00, 0.12)

 < 0.001

1–2

26.6

0 (0–0)

1.57 (1.28, 1.86)

 

3–5

29.9

1 (0–2)

2.57 (2.26, 2.89)

 

 > 5

16.6

2 (1–3)

3.50 (3.02, 3.99)

 

Dental sepsisb

    

pufa + PUFA = 0

64.2

0 (0–1)

0.89 (0.74, 1.02)

 < 0.001

pufa + PUFA > 0

35.8

3 (2–5)

3.42 (3.10, 3.74)

 
  1. aKwallis test
  2. bWilcoxon rank-sum test
  3. cChildren that reported ‘don’t know’ (6.8%) in the question on the presence of dental cavities were excluded from this analysis