Table 3.
Correlations of mean findings on the index for decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) and its components with findings on the 14-item Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) using Spearman’s correlation coefficient (r), by dimension, in Brazilian adolescents in Bauru, São Paulo, by neighbourhood, in 2009
| OHIP-14 dimensions, r | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Functional limitation | Physical pain | Psychological discomfort | Physical disability | Psychological disability | Social disability | Handicap | OHIP-14 | |
| Decayed teeth | ||||||||
| SA | 0.02 | 0.16* | −0.01 | −0.03 | 0.10 | −0.01 | 0.00 | 0.04 |
| DA | 0.28* | 0.31* | 0.24* | 0.20* | 0.23* | 0.22* | 0.27* | 0.31* |
| Decayed filled teeth | ||||||||
| SA | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.04 | −0.04 | −0.10 | −0.04 | −0.03 | −0.02 |
| DA | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.06 |
| Filled teeth | ||||||||
| SA | 0.12 | 0.15* | 0.15* | 0.06 | 0.15* | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.18* |
| DA | 0.11 | −0.04 | −0.05 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Missing teeth | ||||||||
| SA | 0.09 | 0.16* | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.09 |
| DA | 0.03 | 0.08 | −0.06 | 0.13 | 0.14 | −0.10 | −0.06 | 0.05 |
| Decayed, missing and filled teeth | ||||||||
| SA | 0.09 | 0.25* | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.17* | −0.01 | 0.05 | 0.16* |
| DA | 0.19* | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
*
P < 0.05.
SD, standard deviation; SA, suburban area group; DA, downtown area group.