21 April 2022 : Original article
Case-Control Study to Evaluate the Oral Hygiene Habits in 31 Children with Hemophilia in Bulgaria Using the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) Questionnaire
Viktoriya D. Mandova1BCDFG*, Rumen S. Stefanov1ACEDOI: 10.12659/MSMBR.936560
Med Sci Monit Basic Res 2022; 28:e936560
Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants.
| Characteristics | Children with hemophilia | Control group | Parents of children with hemophilia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Sp | n | % | Sp | n | % | Sp | |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 31 | 100.0 | – | 108 | 100.0 | – | 11 | 33.33 | 8.21 |
| Female | 0 | 0.00 | – | 0 | 0.0 | – | 22 | 66.67 | 8.21 |
| North Western | 16 | 51.61 | 8.98 | 1 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 14 | 42.42 | 8.60 |
| North Eastern | 7 | 22.58 | 7.51 | 53 | 49.07 | 4.81 | 7 | 21.21 | 7.12 |
| South Eastern | 3 | 9.68 | 5.31 | 13 | 12.04 | 3.13 | 3 | 9.09 | 5.00 |
| South Central | 1 | 3.23 | 3.17 | 18 | 16.67 | 3.59 | 2 | 6.06 | 4.15 |
| South Western | 4 | 12.90 | 6.02 | 10 | 9.26 | 2.79 | 7 | 21.21 | 7.12 |
| North Central | 0 | 0.00 | – | 13 | 12.04 | 3.13 | 0 | 0.00 | – |
| Preschool | 0 | 0.00 | – | 3 | 2.78 | 0.84 | 0 | 0.00 | – |
| Primary | 13 | 41.94 | 8.86 | 30 | 27.78 | 2.21 | 1 | 3.03 | 2.98 |
| Lower secondary | 9 | 29.03 | 8.15 | 37 | 34.26 | 2.33 | 1 | 3.03 | 2.98 |
| Upper secondary | 9 | 29.03 | 8.15 | 38 | 35.19 | 2.34 | 12 | 36.36 | 8.37 |
| Undergraduate degree | 0 | 0.00 | – | 0 | 0.00 | – | 19 | 57.58 | 8.60 |
| n – total number;% – percentage; Sp – standard error of percentage. | |||||||||