Table 1.
Childrens' baseline characteristics by assigned group in the Nigeria study.
| Control 311 N (%)* |
Intervention 439 N (%)* |
P value† | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||
| Median (P25, P75) | 8.0 (7.0, 10.0) | 9.0 (8.0, 10.0) | .453 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 161 (51.8) | 212 (48.8) | .305 |
| Female | 143 (46.0) | 222 (51.2) | |
| Schools | |||
| Rural | 166 (53.4) | 271 (61.7) | .027 |
| Urban | 145 (46.6) | 168 (38.3) | |
| Do not use | 16 (5.2) | 39 (8.9) | |
| Not sure | 21 (6.8) | 154 (35.2) | |
| Mouth Pain | |||
| Do not hurt | 244 (78.5) | 347 (79.4) | .989 |
| It hurts a little bit/sometimes | 29 (9.3) | 45 (10.3) | |
| It hurts | 15 (4.8) | 24 (5.5) | |
| It makes me cry | 8 (2.6) | 13 (3.0) | |
| Do not know | 6 (1.9) | 8 (1.8) | |
| Smile Confidence | |||
| Confident | 290 (94.2) | 393 (89.7) | .005 |
| Not confident | 13 (4.2) | 43 (9.8) | |
| Do not know | 3 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) | |
| Bullying | |||
| Do not feel bullied | 266 (88.4) | 373 (86.5) | .184 |
| Feel bullied and it's okay | 17 (5.6) | 22 (5.1) | |
| Feel bullied and feel sad | 13 (4.3) | 19 (4.4) | |
| Feel bullied and makes me cry | 4 (1.3) | 5 (1.2) | |
| Do not know | 1 (0.3) | 12 (2.8) | |
| OHI-S Scores | |||
| Good oral hygiene | 123 (50.8) | 158 (39.6) | .010 |
| Moderate oral hygiene | 67 (40.1) | 209 (52.4) | |
| Poor oral hygiene | 22 (9.1) | 32 (8.0) | |
| DMFT | |||
| 0 | 238 (94.4) | 364 (90.5) | .111 |
| 1 | 8 (3.2) | 24 (6.0) | |
| 2 | 5 (2.0) | 9 (2.2) | |
| 3-5 | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.2) | |
| >5 | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | |
DMFT = decayed, missing, or filled teeth; OHI-S = Oral Hygiene Index-Simplified.
⁎
Percentage of non-missing responses within the study group.
†
Wilcoxon test for continuous variable; chi-square test for all other variables.