Table 5.

Oral related quality of life in the two groups

Physical pain

Functional limitation

Social disability

Psychological disability

Before orthodontic treatment

After orthodontic treatment

Before orthodontic treatment

After orthodontic treatment

Before orthodontic treatment

After orthodontic treatment

Before orthodontic treatment

After orthodontic treatment

Control group (n=42)

34.51±4.43

43.57±3.84*

27.84±3.51

44.51±3.69*

36.84±4.08

48.26±2.68*

33.87±2.61

42.58±2.09*

Observation group (n=55)

35.06±4.89

50.36±2.43*

28.04±2.70

51.25±2.99*

35.94±5.11

52.48±2.06*

33.05±2.95

51.64±1.54*

χ2/t

0.5714

10.6279

0.3173

9.9359

0.9358

8.7716

1.4249

24.5883

P

0.5691

<0.0001

0.7517

<0.0001

0.3517

<0.0001

0.1575

<0.0001

Psychological discomfort

Social handicap

Physical disability

Before orthodontic treatment

After orthodontic treatment

Before orthodontic treatment

After orthodontic treatment

Before orthodontic treatment

After orthodontic treatment

Control group (n=42)

37.24±1.97

44.84±2.61*

28.97±2.97

46.15±3.02*

36.21±4.01

42.84±0.97*

Observation group (n=55)

36.97±2.21

51.11±2.07*

29.15±3.03

53.71±1.14*

35.87±4.55

51.69±0.62*

χ2/t

0.6245

13.1970

0.2924

17.0630

0.3836

54.6476

P

0.5338

<0.0001

0.7706

<0.0001

0.7021

<0.0001

Compared with the same group before treatment;

^*P<0.05.