The Impact of Child Dental Caries and the Associated Factors on Child and Family Quality of Life

Table 3

Distribution of ECOHIS scores according to sample characteristics.

	Total ECOHIS score^a	Total score for the child domain^a	Total score for the family domain^a
Sex
Boy (388/756)^b	16.78 (10.47)	9.38 (8.95)	6.34 (2.65)
Girl (367/756)^b	16.10 (9.48)	8.73 (8.02)	6.70 (2.46)
P^c	0.353^c	0.327^c	0.064^c
Child age (year)
4	13.32 (8.79)	6.67 (7.86)	6.01 (2.570)
5	14.63 (8.82)	7.74 (7.87)	6.56 (2.29)
6	17.37 (10.23)	9.72 (8.74)	6.64 (2.65)
7	17.59 (10.91)	10.16 (8.65)	6.21 (2.67)
All	16.45 (10.01)	9.06 (8.51)	6.51 (2.57)
p^d	0.001	0.01	0.246
Mother education (year)
Under 12 (464)^b	16.94 (10.35)	5.39 (4.56)	2.41 (2.28)
13 and above (291)^b	15.66 (9.39)	4.40 (4.25)	2.13 (2.18)
P^c	0,350^c	0.189^c	0.778^c
Mother job
Unemployed	15.60 (9.76)	8.03 (8.61)	7.10 (2.51)
Employed	16.69 (10.07)	9.37 (8.46)	6.35 (2.56)
P^c	0.555	0.957	0.002
FAS^e
Low (5–10)	18.70 (10.07)	11.10 (8.46)	6.49 (2.88)
Medium (11–13)	15.47 (9.26)	8.25 (7.95)	6.48 (2.48)
High (14 and above)	14.98 (8.86)	7.88 (7.71)	6.61 (2.30)
P^d	0.001	<0.001	0.867
dmft^f
Zero	10.19 (6.73)	2.80 (5.50)	7.35 (1.99)
One and above	17.58 (1011)	10.33 (8.42)	6.35 (2.63)
P^c	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

^aMean (standard deviation), ^bNumber, ^cP-value based on independent samples t test, ^dP-value based on One-way Anova, ^eFAS Family Affluence scale. ^fdmft: decayed, missing, filled teeth.