Table 2.
Comparison of Smile4life Scales by age group of participants
| Smile4life subscales | Younger age group (16–30 years) (x: SD) |
Middle age group (31–50 years) (x: SD) |
Older age group (51 + years) (x: SD) |
F(df) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smile4life Awareness | 1.141¥ (1.09) | 2.582 (1.32) | 2.672 (1.42) | 7.51 (2,96) | < 0.001 |
| Smile4life Activities | 0.141 (0.36) | 2.062 (1.59) | 1.642(1.58) | 9.02 (2,96) | < 0.001 |
| Ability to Deliver Smile4life | 18.131 (5.52) | 27.002 (8.34) | 28.552 (6.89) | 8.71 (2,97) | < 0.001 |
| Positive Beliefs and Outcomes | 25.071 (5.38) | 29.212 (4.79) | 29.632 (3.85) | 5.53 (2,97) | 0.005 |
| Delivering Smile4life is part of my regular practice | 2.211 (0.89) | 3.292 (1.11) | 2.292 (1.07) | 5.66 (2,97) | 0.005 |
¥ Suffixes show the significant differences in the mean scores between groups with non-identical numeric characters