Table 2.
Effect of intervention on oral health, covariate analysis in the Nigeria study.
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T0+3W |
T0+8W |
T0+24W |
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| n | OR | 95% CI | N | OR | 95% CI | n | OR | 95% CI | ||
| Change to no pain in the mouth when eating | ||||||||||
| Crude effect of the intervention | 662 | 0.764 | 0.365-1.600 | 656 | 1.246 | 0.880-1.765 | 622 | 1.360 | 1.063-1.739 | |
| + children's age and grade | 275/387 | 0.646 | 0.293-1.425 | 263/393 | 1.311 | 0.908-1.893 | 277/345 | 1.387 | 1.066-1.803 | |
| + children's other characteristics*† | 0.367 | 0.145-0.926 | 1.058 | 0.709-1.577 | 1.229 | 0.921-1.640 | ||||
| + school location (rural vs urban) | 0.318 | 0.123-0.823 | 0.941 | 0.619-1.432 | 1.205 | 0.896-1.619 | ||||
| Change to being confident with the smile | ||||||||||
| Crude effect of the intervention | 662 | 1.948 | 0.671-5.655 | 662 | 1.433 | 0.886-2.317 | 621 | 1.471 | 1.059-2.043 | |
| + children´s other characteristics*‡ | 275/387 | 1.587 | 0.511-4.932 | 266/396 | 1.205 | 0.719-2.020 | 276/345 | 1.521 | 1.059-2.184 | |
| + school location (rural vs urban) | 2.938 | 0.743-11.616 | 1.308 | 0.764-2.238 | 1.709 | 1.132-2.581 | ||||
| Change to not being bullied due to teeth | ||||||||||
| Crude effect of the intervention | 660 | 0.640 | 0.241-1.700 | 651 | 1.451 | 0.948-2.221 | 620 | 1.088 | 0.919-1.454 | |
| + children's grade | 276/384 | 0.599 | 0.206-1.742 | 260/391 | 1.868 | 1.129-3.092 | 277/343 | 1.100 | 0.789-1.533 | |
| + children's other characteristics†§ | 0.640 | 0.208-1.966 | 2.222 | 1.275-3.875 | 1.114 | 0.788-1.573 | ||||
| + school location (rural vs urban) | 0.633 | 0.206-1.942 | 2.381 | 1.340-4.231 | 1.147 | 0.802-1.642 | ||||
| Change to "Good" OHI-S category | ||||||||||
| Crude effect of the intervention | 507 | 9.707 | 4.270-22.670 | 537 | 5.066 | 3.230-7.947 | 479 | 3.515 | 2.594-4.843 | |
| + children's age | 169/338 | 10.451 | 4.502-24.264 | 186/351 | 5.738 | 3.503-9.399 | 194/285 | 3.504 | 2.561-4.793 | |
| + school location (rural vs urban) | 10.906 | 4.631-25.685 | 5.741 | 3.504-9.406 | 3.769 | 2.675-5.311 | ||||
| No worsening in DMFT Index | ||||||||||
| Crude effect of the intervention | 519 | 0.143 | 0.018-1.126 | |||||||
| + children's age | 210/309 | 0.139 | 0.017-1.102 | |||||||
| + school location (rural vs urban) | 0.120 | 0.014-0.932 | ||||||||
CI = confidence intervals; DMFT = decayed, missing, or filled teeth; n, number of children (control/intervention); OHI-S = Oral Hygiene Index-Simplified; OR = odds ratio.
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Usage of fluoride toothpaste at baseline child's adequacy of brushing timing at baseline.
†
Child's adequacy of brushing frequency at baseline.
‡
Experience of being laughed at because of teeth.
§
Confidence when smiling.