Table 4 Descriptive statistics of the mothers’ responses to the global rating items and if they think that practicing oral habits is harmful to the child among the study population children
From: Parent-perceived oral habits among a group of school children: prevalence and predictors
Habit | Total | p value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No habits | Nail biting | Bruxism | Sucking habit | Two habits | Three habits | |||||
How would you rate the health of your child’s teeth, lips, jaws, and mouth? | Poor | Count | 47 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 65 | p < 0.001* |
% | 4.17% | 0.53% | 0.62% | 0.00% | 0.44% | 0.00% | 5.76% | |||
Fair | Count | 73 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 125 | ||
% | 6.47% | 2.22% | 1.33% | 0.89% | 0.18% | 0.00% | 11.08% | |||
Good | Count | 154 | 50 | 65 | 20 | 32 | 0 | 321 | ||
% | 13.65% | 4.43% | 5.76% | 1.77% | 2.84% | 0.00% | 28.46% | |||
Very good | Count | 270 | 84 | 47 | 25 | 38 | 5 | 469 | ||
% | 23.94% | 7.45% | 4.17% | 2.22% | 3.37% | 0.44% | 41.58% | |||
Excellent | Count | 91 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 148 | ||
% | 8.07% | 1.51% | 1.33% | 0.89% | 0.89% | 0.44% | 13.12% | |||
Total | Count | 635 | 182 | 149 | 65 | 87 | 10 | 1128 | ||
% | 56.29 | 16.13 | 13.21 | 5.76 | 7.71 | 0.89 | 100.00% | |||
How much is your child’s overall well-being affected by the condition of their teeth, lips, jaws, or mouth? | Never | Count | 287 | 91 | 48 | 34 | 48 | 10 | 518 | p < 0.001* |
% | 25.44% | 8.07% | 4.26% | 3.01% | 4.26% | 0.89% | 45.92% | |||
Once or twice | Count | 188 | 50 | 49 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 316 | ||
% | 16.67% | 4.43% | 4.34% | 1.33% | 1.24% | 0.00% | 28.01% | |||
Sometimes | Count | 89 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 135 | ||
% | 7.89% | 2.30% | 0.80% | 0.98% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 11.97% | |||
Often | Count | 59 | 14 | 41 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 139 | ||
% | 5.23% | 1.24% | 3.63% | 0.44% | 1.77% | 0.00% | 12.32% | |||
Almost every day | Count | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | ||
% | 1.06% | 0.09% | 0.18% | 0.00% | 0.44% | 0.00% | 1.77% | |||
Total | Count | 635 | 182 | 149 | 65 | 87 | 10 | 1128 | ||
% | 56.29 | 16.13 | 13.21 | 5.76 | 7.71 | 0.89 | 100.00% | |||
Do you think that practicing these habits is harmful to the child? | No | Count | 284 | 59 | 49 | 19 | 28 | 3 | 442 | 0.001* |
% | 25.18% | 5.23% | 4.34% | 1.68% | 2.48% | 0.27% | 39.18% | |||
Yes | Count | 351 | 123 | 100 | 46 | 59 | 7 | 686 | ||
% | 31.12% | 10.90% | 8.87% | 4.08% | 5.23% | 0.62% | 60.82% | |||
Total | Count | 635 | 182 | 149 | 65 | 87 | 10 | 1128 | ||
% | 56.29 | 16.13 | 13.21 | 5.76 | 7.71 | 0.89 | 100.00% | |||
