Table 5.
Discriminant validity for the child version
| |
Without caries experience (n = 107) |
With caries experience (n = 86) |
p-value* |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Median | Mean (SD) | Median | ||
|
Total score |
1.20 (2.06) |
0.00 |
3.45 (3.12) |
2.00 |
<0.001 |
| Difficulty eating |
0.35 (0.70) |
0.00 |
0.91 (0.75) |
1.00 |
<0.001 |
| Difficulty drinking |
0.09 (0.40) |
0.00 |
0.25 (0.50) |
0.00 |
0.002 |
| Difficulty speaking |
0.07 (0.26) |
0.00 |
0.22 (0.56) |
0.00 |
0.047 |
| Difficulty playing |
0.06 (0.24) |
0.00 |
0.33 (0.66) |
0.00 |
0.001 |
| Difficulty sleeping |
0.15 (0.45) |
0.00 |
0.62 (0.80) |
0.00 |
<0.001 |
| Avoiding smiling (due to pain) |
0.13 (0.34) |
0.00 |
0.50 (0.78) |
0.00 |
0.001 |
| Avoiding smiling (due to appearance) | 0.35 (0.63) | 0.00 | 0.63 (0.82) | 0.00 | 0.018 |
*Mann–Whitney test.