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

21 April 2022: Human Study

Viktoriya D. Mandova ^BCDFG* , Rumen S. Stefanov ^ACE

DOI: 10.12659/MSMBR.936560

Med Sci Monit Basic Res 2022; 28:e936560

Table 3 Oral-health related awareness among children with hemophilia and parents.

	Children with hemophilia			Control group			Parents of children with hemophilia			Test
	n	%	Sp	n	%	Sp	n	%	Sp	χ2 P
										13.30
1–2 times	15	48.39	8.98	46	42.59	7.06	19	57.58	8.60
More than 2 times	8	25.81	7.86	53	49.07	7.14	8	24.24	7.46
I don’t remember/ I haven’t visited	8	25.81	7.86	9	8.33	3.95	6	18.18	6.71
										22.10
Toothache/pain in the gums	5	16.13	6.61	30	27.78	4.31	8	24.24	7.46
Treatment prophylactic	5	16.13	6.61	41	37.96	4.67	11	33.33	8.21
Examination	10	32.26	8.40	30	27.78	4.31	11	33.33	8.21
I don’t know/I don’t remember	11	35.48	8.59	7	6.48	2.37	3	9.09	5.00
										0.61>0.05
Once per day	8	25.81	7.86	22	20.37	3.88	6	18.18	6.71
2 or more times per day	23	74.19	7.89	86	79.63	3.88	27	81.82	6.71
										3.37>0.05
Less than 3 min	18	58.06	8.86	81	75.00	4.17	0	0.00	–
3 min or more	13	41.94	8.86	27	25.00	4.17	0	0.00	–
										0.02>0.05
No	13	41.94	8.86	46	42.59	4.76	0	0.00	–
Yes	18	58.06	8.86	62	57.41	4.76	0	0.00	–
										1.44>0.05
No	18	58.06	8.86	40	37.04	4.65	0	0.00	–
Yes	13	41.94	8.86	68	62.96	4.65	0	0.00	–
										3.20>0.05
No	11	35.48	8.59	58	53.70	4.80	0	0.00	–
Yes	20	64.52	8.59	50	46.30	4.80	0	0.00	–
n – total number; % – percentage; χ – chi-square value; – significance value; Sp – standard error of percentage.