Table 2.
Comparison of oral hygiene impact profile - 14 and Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale scores within demographic parameters
| n | OHIP-14 score | RSES score | |||
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| Mean±SD | P | Mean±SD | P | ||
| Marital status | |||||
| Unmarried | 137 | 10.82±12.27 | <0.001* | 14.2±2.41 | <0.001* |
| Married | 385 | 16.94±11.72 | 15.2±2.77 | ||
| F; T | 0.01; −5.18 | 0.7; −3.78 | |||
| Education level | |||||
| Uneducated | 109 | 14.88±12.67 | 0.69# | 15.06±2.87 | 0.68# |
| School level | 243 | 15.03±12.14 | 15.02±2.97 | ||
| Graduate | 138 | 16.39±11.77 | 14.78±2.21 | ||
| Postgraduate | 32 | 14.66±12.42 | 14.56±2 | ||
| F; df | 0.48; 3 | 0.51; 3 | |||
| Age group | |||||
| Young | 183 | 12.24±9.97 | <0.001# | 15.03±2.54 | 0.33# |
| Middle age | 222 | 16.97±12.78 | 14.74±2.77 | ||
| Elderly | 117 | 17.07±13.16 | 15.17±2.87 | ||
| F; df | 0.93; 2 | 1.103; 2 | |||
| Employment status | |||||
| Unemployed | 300 | 16.34±13.29 | <0.001* | 14.11±2.55 | <0.001* |
| Employed | 222 | 13.97±10.3 | 16.05±2.53 | ||
| F; T | 22.02; 2.21 | 0.65; 0.632 | |||
| Income status | |||||
| No income group | 109 | 16.34±13.29 | 0.001# | 14.11±2.55 | <0.001# |
| Low income group | 243 | 15.88±10.57 | 15.74±2.35 | ||
| Middle income group | 138 | 10.53±8.68 | 16.03±1.64 | ||
| High income group | 32 | 6.92±6.35 | 20.08±4.42 | ||
| F; df | 5.95; 3 | 37.9; 3 | |||
*Unpaired Student’s t-test; # One-way ANOVA; P<0.05. OHIP-14 – Oral hygiene impact profile - 14; RSES – Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale; n – Number of participants; SD – Standard deviation; P – Probability Value; T – Student’s t statistics; df – Degree of freedom; F – F test Value