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Table 4 One-time OHE vs Repeated & Reinforced OHE

From: The role of repetition and reinforcement in school-based oral health education-a cluster randomized controlled trial

 

Effect Size

Odds Ratio (CI)a

Evaluation I

Evaluation II

Evaluation III

Evaluation IV

K-Dent

1.27

1.10

2.12

1.69

(1.18–1.37)

(1.04–1.18)

(2.01–2.24)

(1.60–1.79)

K-Caries

1.50

1.38

2.96

2.49

(1.33–1.68)

(1.23–1.55)

(2.80–3.15)

(2.21–2.81)

K- Gingivitis

1.57

1.33

2.86

2.44

(1.36–1.80)

(1.15–1.54)

(2.64–3.10)

(2.25–2.63)

K-Cancer

2.53

1.56

4.79

4.51

(2.07–3.06)

(1.18–2.05)

(3.58–6.40)

(3.37–6.02)

OHK-Composite

1.49

1.24

2.68

2.26

(1.35–1.67)

(1.12–1.36)

(2.48–2.90)

(2.09–2.44)

OHB-Gingivitis

1.38

1.27

2.36

2.33

(1.29–1.48)

(1.18–1.36)

(2.19–2.53)

(2.17–2.50)

OHB Cancer

1.14

1.10

2.09

2.00

(1.05–1.24)

(1.01–1.20)

(1.93–2.26)

(1.85–2.17)

OHB-Composite

1.26

1.18

2.22

2.17

(1.18–1.33)

(1.11–1.25)

(2.08–2.37)

(2.03–2.31)

OHS-Composite

0.87

0.75

1.37

1.49

(0.79–0.97)

(0.66–0.85)

(1.25–1.51)

(1.38-1.60)

  1. Evaluation I: After single OHE session; Evaluation II: Six months after single OHE session; Evaluation III: Six months after RR-OHE; Evaluation IV: Twelve months after RR-OHE; aBaseline score was used as the reference; CI 95 % Confidence Interval; All values adjusted for gender, type of school, clustering effect and OHE strategy using GEE; DL group was used as positive control