Nutrition Awareness and Oral Health among Dental Patients in Palestine: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 5

Items measures, fit statistics, and point-measure correlation coefficient.

No.	Item	Measure	S.E	Infit MNSQ	ZSTD	Outfit MNSQ	ZSTD	PT-measure CORR
1	Food plays an important role in the oral health	−3.36	0.46	1.20	0.6	1.52	0.9	0.29
2	Sugar is one of the food elements that causes dental caries	−2.25	0.31	1.08	0.4	0.90	−0.1	0.38
3	Chewing free-sugar gum reduces dental caries	0.88	0.20	0.99	−0.1	1.03	0.2	0.44
4	Using artificial sweeteners in candies and juices reduces the dental caries	1.84	0.23	1.01	0.1	0.85	−0.5	0.40
5	Drinking fruit juice cause dental caries more than eating the whole fruit	1.38	0.21	1.06	0.6	1.01	0.1	0.38
6	Increasing the number of the meals increases dental caries	1.9	0.23	1.08	0.7	0.99	0.1	0.35
7	The frequency of eating sugar is more cariogenic compared to the amount of the sugar	0.22	0.20	1.00	0.1	1	0.1	0.44
8	Food leftovers in the mouth are associated with dental caries	−2.45	0.33	1.02	0.2	0.9	−0.1	0.40
9	Eating sweets with meals is better than eating sweets between meals on dental caries	1.55	0.21	0.96	−0.4	0.95	−0.1	0.43
10	Brushing or flossing the teeth after every meal reduces the caries	−3.16	0.43	0.83	−0.4	0.64	−0.4	0.47
11	Drinking milk and dairy products protect the teeth from caries	−1.82	0.27	1.15	0.9	1.48	1.3	0.30
12	Eating sweets that melt in the mouth and swallowed faster are less harmful than the sweets that stay for a longer time in the mouth.	0.07	0.20	0.77	−3.2	−0.71	2.0	0.60
13	Sticky sweets increase the probability of teeth decay compared to melty sweets	−0.08	0.20	0.92	−1.1	−0.81	1.2	0.51
14	Foods that increase the saliva secretion increase the possibility for tooth decay	1.79	0.22	0.90	−0.8|	0.79	−0.8	0.46
15	Reduction of food eaten before bed helps protecting from dental caries	−0.45	0.20	0.91	−1.0	0.84	−0.9	0.50
16	The presence of proteins and fats with sugar-containing meals decrease the decay	1.38	0.21	1.18	1.8|	1.23	1.0	0.30
17	Eating nuts with tooth decay-causing foods protects the teeth from decay	2.55	0.27	1.03	0.3	1.35	1.1	0.28
Means		0.00	0.26	1.01	−0.1	1.00	0.−1
Reliability and separation
Item reliability		0.98
Item separation		6.66
Person reliability		0.71
Person separation		1.57