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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Public Health Dent. 2009 Winter;69(1):18–23. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2008.00088.x

Table 1. Test–Retest Caregiver Acceptability of and Preferences for Preventive Dental Treatments: Percent Raw Agreement, Polychoric Correlations, and Asymptotic Standard Errors (n = 31).

Acceptability item % Agreement from T1 to T2 T1-T2: polychoric correlation Asymptotic standard error
Acceptability rating: individual treatments (1-5 response range)
 Toothbrushing with fluoride toothpaste 94 0.99 <0.01
 Fluoride varnish 97 0.99 <0.01
 Xylitol in food 94 0.99 <0.01
 Xylitol in gum 90 0.99 <0.01
 Chlorhexidine rinse 87 *
Preferences among treatments: 10 pairs of treatments
 Fluoride varnish versus chlorhexidine 87 0.88 0.12
 Fluoride varnish versus xylitol in food 84 0.86 0.12
 Fluoride varnish versus toothbrushing with fluoride toothpaste 65 0.34 0.27
 Fluoride varnish versus xylitol gum 90 0.99 0.00
 Toothbrushing with fluoride toothpaste versus xylitol in food 71 0.47 0.27
 Xylitol in gum versus xylitol in food 77 0.79 0.14
 Xylitol in food versus chlorhexidine rinse 61 0.38 0.26
 Toothbrushing with fluoride toothpaste versus xylitol in gum 77 0.72 0.18
 Toothbrushing with fluoride toothpaste versus chlorhexidine rinse 65 0.44 0.24
 Chlorhexidine rinse versus xylitol in gum 74 0.69 0.18
*

Ratings at T2 lacked any variability; therefore, correlations could not be calculated.

T1, time 1; T2, time 2.