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

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

Oral health indicators	SOHO-5 scores median (25–75 percentile)	SOHO-5 scores mean (CI)	p
Current dental pain^a			< 0.001
No	0 (0–1)	1.14 (0.85, 1.44)
Yes	5 (2–10)	6.54 (5.93, 7.15)
Ever had dental pain^a			< 0.001
No	0 (0–0)	0.71 (0.46, 0.96)
Yes	4 (2–9)	5.91 (5.35, 6.46)
Dental caries^b
dmft + DMFT = 0	0 (0–0)	0.17 (0.06, 0.29)	< 0.001
1–2	1 (0–3)	2.54 (1.96, 3.11)
3–5	3 (1–7)	4.67 (4.02, 5.32)
> 5	6 (2–12)	7.77 (6.64, 8.91)
Dental sepsis^a			< 0.001
pufa + PUFA = 0	0 (0–2)	1.51 (1.22, 1.74)
pufa + PUFA > 0	5 (2–11)	6.78 (6.07, 7.53)

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