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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 4.
Published in final edited form as: Indian J Dent Res. 2016 May-Jun;27(3):268–277. doi: 10.4103/0970-9290.186241

Table 3.

Analysis of outcome parameters with Kruskal- Wallis nonparametric test

Time point Mean±SD P
Quality score (maximum 3) Baseline 2.2±1.2 0.35
24 h 2±1.0
48 h 2.2±0.9
7 days 2.1±1.0
14 days 2.4±0.9
Percent of correct strokes Baseline 63.2±40.3 0.86
24 h 56.8±40.1
48 h 66.1±38.3
7 days 61.8±41.8
14 days 62.7±40.1
Percent of correct angulations of toothbrush Baseline 38.2±26.4 0.69
24 h 42±32.2
48 h 47.2±27.6
7 days 44±28.9
14 days 41.6±29.0
Percent of correct brush positions Baseline 38.2±33.0 0.72
24 h 43.8±37.2
48 h 48.8±35.2
7 days 45.2±34.4
14 days 46.5±36.7
Overall accuracy (%) Baseline 46.5±26.7 0.64
24 h 47.5±30.0
48 h 54.0±25.3
7 days 50.3±27.6
14 days 50.3±25.9
Time (s) Baseline 70±19.4 0.80
24 h 63±8.4
48 h 58.8±11.1
7 days 61.5±14.6
14 days 54.3±11.6

SD=Standard deviation. P=Not significant