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. 2011 Jun 7;9:40. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-9-40

Table 3.

Construct validity: performance of CPQ11-14 versions against global questions

Global Questions CPQ11-14 ISF16(SD)
Northland Brunei Brazil Otago

Self-rated oral health
 Excellent 9.4 (4.2)a 15.6 (7.6)a 7.4 (6.0)b 9.6 (6.7)b
 Very good 9.1 (6.8) 16.5 (9.0) 8.3 (5.7) 10.9 (7.0)
 Good 11.4 (6.8) 15.6 (8.3) 9.4 (7.2) 14.1 (7.3)
 Fair/Poor 16.3 (9.0) 18.7 (9.0) 15.7 (10.0) 19.7 (10.1)
Spearman's rhoc 0.28 0.11d 0.38 0.37
Impact on quality of life
 Not at all 8.9 (5.7)a 13.89 (8.3)a 7.6 (6.1) 10.7 (5.6)b
 Very little 12.4 (6.6) 16.3 (9.1) 13.8 (8.8) 13.9 (7.1)
 Some 14.6 (7.5) 18.5(7.7) 16.2 (10.3) 18.2 (9.3)
 A lot/Very much 15.3 (0.9) 17.8 (9.8) 17.4 (10.2) 24.8 (12.3)
Spearman's rhoc 0.32 0.19 0.39 0.37

a p-value < 0.05 Kruskal-Wallis/Mann-Whitney

b p-value < 0.01 Kruskal-Wallis/Mann-Whitney

c correlation significant at 0.01 level

d correlation significant at 0.05 level