Table 2.
OIDP items by global measures of oral health in HIV positive and negative mothers. Percentage of mothers with impacts. Criterion validity
| HIV POSITIVE | HIV NEGATIVE | ||||||
|
Poor oral health % (n) |
Good oral health % (n) |
Sub-Total % (n) |
Poor oral health % (n) |
Good oral health % (n) |
Sub-total |
Total % (n) |
|
| Difficult eating | 46.4 (32) | 14.1 (13) ** | 28.0 (35) | 45.0 (27) | 25.0 (30*) | 31.7 (57) | 29.6(102) |
| Difficult speaking | 29.0 (20) | 2.2 (2) ** | 13.7 (22) | 30.0 (18) | 14.2 (17) * | 19.4 (35) | 16.5 (57) |
| Cleaning teeth | 14.5 (10) | 4.3 (4) * | 8.7 (14) | 25.0 (15) | 11.7 (14) * | 16.1 (289) | 12.5 (43) |
| Sleeping | 36.2 (25) | 6.5 (6) | 19.3 (31) | 25.0 (15) | 14.2 (17) | 17.8 (32) | 18.3 (63) |
| Smiling | 15.9 (11) | 3.3 (3) * | 8.7 (14) | 16.7 (10) | 11.7 (14) | 13.3 (24) | 11.0 (38) |
| Emotional status | 21.7 (15) | 1.1 (1) ** | 9.9 (16) | 10.0 (6) | 7.5 (9) | 8.3 (15) | 9.0 (31) |
| Doing work | 14.5 (10) | 1.1 (1) * | 6.9 (11) | 8.3 (5) | 5.8 (7) | 6.7 (12) | 6.7 (23) |
| Enjoying contact | 10.1 (7) | 1.1 (1) * | 5.0 (8) | 8.3 (5) | 5.8 (7) | 6.7 (12) | 5.8 (20) |
| OIDP > 0 | 49.3 (34) | 14.1 (13) *** | 29.2 (47) | 45 (27) | 25.8 (31) | 32.2 (58) | 30.4 (105) |
| Cronbach’s alpha | 0.90 | 0.91 | 0.92 | ||||
*p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.000