Table 1 Prevalence of oral impacts among adolescents who reported oral symptoms (swollen gums, ulcers, decayed tooth, tooth ache, tooth discolouration), by background characteristics (n = 840)
Background characteristics | Oral impacts (Child-OIDP) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
No n (%) | Yes n (%) | ||
Age, mean (SD) | 13.5 (1.2) | 13.2 (1.1) | Â |
Age group | |||
 12–13 years | 182 (37.5) | 304 (62.5) | < 0.001 |
 14–15 years | 187 (52.8) | 167 (47.2) | |
Gender | |||
 Boys | 211 (45.5) | 252 (54.5) | 0.287 |
 Girls | 158 (41.9) | 219 (58.1) | |
Education of adolescents | |||
 Illiterate | 12 (35.3) | 22 (64.7) | 0.002 |
 Primary | 32 (39.5) | 49 (60.5) | |
 Secondary | 182 (39.7) | 276 (60.3) | |
 Higher | 143 (53.6) | 124 (46.4) | |
Area of residence | |||
 Middle/upper middle | 116 (50.4) | 114 (49.6) | 0.045 |
 Resettlement colonies | 138 (43.1) | 182 (56.9) | |
 Slums | 115 (39.7) | 175 (60.3) | |
Wealth index | |||
 Poor | 137 (38.8) | 216 (61.2) | 0.038 |
 Middle | 97 (46.9) | 110 (53.1) | |
 Rich | 135 (48.2) | 145 (51.8) | |
Bothered by oral health problem | |||
 No | 173 (60.3) | 114 (39.7) |  < 0.001 |
 Yes | 196 (35.4) | 357 (64.6) | |
Self-rated oral health | |||
 Bad | 29 (19.9) | 117 (80.1) |  < 0.001 |
 Good | 340 (49.1) | 353 (50.9) | |
Self-rated general health | |||
 Bad | 10 (20.4) | 39 (79.6) | 0.001 |
 Good | 359 (45.4) | 432 (54.6) | |
Total | 369 (43.9) | 471 (56.1) | Â |