Development and Validation of an Oral Health Literacy Measurement for Primary School Children in Thailand

Table 2

Characteristics of study participants and comparing P-TOFHLiD scores among different dichotomous characteristics.

Variables	Characteristics	N	Percent	P-TOFHLiD scores (total 26)
				Median	Interquartile range	-value^Ψ (2-tailed)
Gender	Male	65	55.1	19.00	14.25–21.00	<0.001
	Female	53	44.9	22.00	20.00–23.00
School	Urban	40	34.7	21.50	19.00–23.00	0.059
	Suburban	77	65.3	20.00	16.00–22.00
Primary caregiver	Mother and/or father	101	85.6	21.00	16.50–23.00	0.711
	Others	17	14.4	19.50	19.00–21.75
Having at least one active tooth decay^δ	No	33	28.0	20.00	16.00–23.00	0.947
	Yes	84	71.2	20.00	18.00–22.75
Having at least one tooth sealant or filling^δ	No	76	64.4	20.00	16.00–22.00	0.055
	Yes	41	37.5	22.00	18.50–23.00
Having good oral health behaviour^δ	No	80	67.8	20.00	16.00–22.00	0.006
	Yes	37	31.4	22.00	19.00–23.00

^δThere was missing data in the group. -value obtained from the Mann-Whitney U test. -value less than 0.008.