Table 6.

Construct Validity: Child-OIDP score and self-rated measures of oral health (n = 342)

Self-rated oral health measures	Child-OIDP Score		Kruskal-Wallis test for association between Child-OIDP and oral health measure
	Median	Mean (SD)
Perceived oral health
1. Poor (n = 40)	16.7	17.8 (12.0)	p < 0.0001
2. Regular (n = 223)	6.9	8.9 (9.7)
3. Good (n = 79)	1.4	5.5 (8.1)
Satisfaction with oral health
1. Not at all (n = 69)	13.9	15.5 (11.3)	p < 0.0001
2. Regular (n = 170)	5.5	8.0 (8.8)
3. Very satisfied (n = 103)	2.8	6.8 (9.7)
Perceived oral treatment needs
1. Yes (n = 221)	8.3	11.1 (10.7)	p < 0.0001
2. Do not know (n = 41)	4.2	7.9 (9.0)
3. No (n = 80)	1.4	3.5 (6.2)
Self-rated general health
1. Poor (n = 16)	11.8	17.4 (13.7)	p < 0.01
2. Regular (n = 86)	8.3	10.7 (11.0)
3. Good (n = 240)	4.9	8.1 (9.4)