Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of the instruments according to caries experience

Components	No caries exprience (n = 259)	With caries experience (n = 184)	Total (n = 443)	T(p)
OHIP	0.59 ± 0.81	0.91 ± 0.92	0.72 ± 0.87	-3.82(< 0.001)
ECOHIS (Children)	1.12 ± 0.23	1.67 ± 0.62	1.35 ± 0.51	-11.32(< 0.001)
ECOHIS (Family)	1.15 ± 0.43	1.61 ± 0.72	1.34 ± 0.61	-7.69(< 0.001)
SWLS	5.06 ± 1.36	4.12 ± 1.49	4.67 ± 1.48	6.86(< 0.001)
AUQEI	2.98 ± 0.67	2.55 ± 0.69	2.80 ± 0.71	6.50(< 0.001)