Table 3.

MBRSQ and subscales’ scores in participants for pre and post-orthodontic interventions

Variable	Pre-orthodontic intervention		Post-orthodontic intervention
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	T / Z	Sig
MBSRQ*	171.78	23.07	172.51	18.57	-0.319	0.751
Appearance evaluation	17.23	3.78	18.87	2.59	-3.51	0.0001
appearance orientation	29.07	5.43	28.34	6.43	-1.69	0.091
fitness evaluation	6.96	2.28	7.77	1.82	-3.45	0.001
fitness orientation*	31.08	4.7	33.83	6.56	-4.002	0.0001
health evaluation	16.42	2.41	14.65	3.06	-5.096	0.0001
health orientation	20.27	4.4	20.72	3.75	-1.36	0.171
illness orientation	13.98	2.69	17.34	3.35	-6.22	0.001
body areas satisfaction	5.1	1.18	5.53	1.15	-3.24	0.001
subjective weight	2.46	0.65	2.33	1.22	-3.25	0.001
weight preoccupation	5.73	0.83	2.83	0.48	-8.29	0.0001

^*Paired T-test.