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. 2020 Nov 5;62(3):137–143. doi: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2011.00105.x

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.