Table 3: Comparative analysis between patients and parents regarding the expectation of orthodontic treatment.
| Questions | Evaluated group | P | Effect Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients ( ± sd) | Parents ( ± sd) | |||
| 1a | 58.5 ± 32.7 | 45.3 ± 36.0 | 0.003 | 0.38 |
| 1b | 72.7 ± 26.1 | 80.9 ± 25.6 | 0.023 | 0.32 |
| 1c | 74.3 ± 27.0 | 84.8 ± 23.9 | 0.005 | 0.41 |
| 1d | 66.0 ± 29.9 | 70.8 ± 31.3 | 0.288 | 0.16 |
| 1e | 55.7 ± 33.2 | 59.9 ± 33.4 | 0.366 | 0.13 |
| 1f | 72.9 ± 27.4 | 79.9 ± 27.4 | 0.042 | 0.26 |
| 2a | 74.5 ± 27.6 | 78.3 ± 28.1 | 0.353 | 0.14 |
| 2b | 82.0 ± 24.9 | 79.4 ± 27.4 | 0.466 | 0.10 |
| 2c | 35.1 ± 31.7 | 45.7 ± 35.9 | 0.015 | 0.31 |
| 2d | 26.4 ± 26.6 | 36.6 ± 31.7 | 0.007 | 0.35 |
| 2e | 21.1 ± 23.4 | 22.8 ± 23.0 | 0.575 | 0.07 |
| 3 | 21.8 ± 24.2 | 24.7 ± 26.5 | 0.441 | 0.11 |
| 4 | 49.8 ± 29.6 | 50.2 ± 31.3 | 0.913 | 0.01 |
| 5 | 47.8 ± 29.2 | 49.4 ± 31.2 | 0.773 | 0.05 |
| 6 | 43.8 ± 30.8 | 48.7 ± 32.6 | 0.245 | 0.15 |
| 7 | 78.8 ± 24.5 | 82.4 ± 20.9 | 0.241 | 0.16 |
| 10a | 96.7 ± 10.4 | 97.2 ± 11.0 | 0.719 | 0.05 |
| 10b | 92.6 ± 16.3 | 96.6 ± 13.8 | 0.025 | 0.27 |
| 10c | 57.2 ± 34.5 | 78.9 ± 29.6 | < 0.001 | 0.68 |
| 10d | 52.6 ± 36.4 | 71.4 ± 32.4 | < 0.001 | 0.55 |
| 10e | 60.9 ± 34.4 | 75.2 ± 29.4 | < 0.001 | 0.45 |
| 10f | 61.7 ± 35.5 | 80.7 ± 29.5 | < 0.001 | 0.58 |
| 10g | 66.6 ± 33.6 | 81.3 ± 29.2 | < 0.001 | 0.47 |
The probability of significance (p) refers to the Student t-test for paired samples.