Table 4.
Discriminant validity: CPQ11-14 scores according to sex, social position, caries experience and orthodontic treatment
| |
number |
Oral symptoms |
Functional limitations |
Emotional well-being |
Social well-being |
Total score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| median (IQR) | median (IQR) | median (IQR) | median (IQR) | median (IQR) | ||
|
GENDER |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| boys |
292 |
4 (3) |
3 (4) |
3 (5) |
1 (4) |
12 (13) |
| girls |
269 |
4 (4) |
3 (5) |
4 (7) |
2 (5) |
15 (16) |
| Wilcoxon rank-sum test |
|
p= 0.0212 |
p= 0.0352 |
p= 0.0009 |
p= 0.0450 |
p= 0.0007 |
|
SOCIAL POSITION |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| high class |
57 |
3 (3) |
2 (4) |
2 (6) |
1 (4) |
9 (12) |
| clerks |
178 |
4 (3) |
3 (4) |
3 (5) |
1.5 (4) |
13 (14) |
| self employed |
117 |
4 (3) |
2 (4) |
2 (6) |
1 (3) |
12 (13) |
| working class |
187 |
4 (4) |
3 (5) |
4 (7) |
2 (6) |
15 (15) |
| n.r. |
22 |
4 (3) |
2 (5) |
2 (5) |
1 (4) |
11 (14) |
| Kruskal-Wallis rank test |
|
p= 0.4532 |
p= 0.0727 |
p= 0.0192 |
p= 0.0100 |
p= 0.0132 |
|
CARIES EXPERIENCE (DMFS) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 0 |
205 |
4 (4) |
3 (5) |
3 (5) |
2 (4) |
13 (14) |
| 1-2 |
110 |
3.5 (3) |
2 (5) |
3 (6) |
1.5 (5) |
11 (14) |
| 3-5 |
131 |
4 (2) |
3 (5) |
3 (5) |
2 (5) |
12 (16) |
| >=6 |
113 |
4 (3) |
3 (4) |
4 (7) |
1 (4) |
13 (14) |
| Kruskal-Wallis rank test |
|
p= 0.2516 |
p= 0.6599 |
p= 0.3348 |
p= 0.9985 |
p= 0.6951 |
|
HAD ALREADY UNDERGONE ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT |
|
|
|
|||
| no |
444 |
4 (3) |
2.5 (4) |
3 (5) |
1 (4) |
12 (13) |
| yes |
115 |
4 (4) |
4 (5) |
3 (5) |
3 (5) |
17 (16) |
| Wilcoxon rank-sum test | p= 0.0081 | p< 0.0001 | p= 0.4071 | p< 0.0001 | p< 0.0001 | |