Effectiveness of Randomized Controlled Field Trial Instructing Parents to Supervise Children on Tooth Brushing Skills and Oral Hygiene

Table 2: Frequency distribution of children’s and parents’ outcome variables by intervention arms at baseline (n=237).

Variable	Categories	Intervention %(n)	Control %(n)	P-value
Children’s oral hygiene	No Plaque	41.2 (47)	38.2 (47)	0.366
Children’s oral hygiene	Plaque	58.8 (67)	61.8 (76)	-
Children’s gingival health	Healthy gingiva	69.3 (79)	59.3 (73)	0.072
Children’s gingival health	Bleeding	30.7 (35)	40.7 (50)	-
Children’s tooth brushing skills	Skilled	14.0 (16)	3.3 (4)	0.003
Children’s tooth brushing skills	Unskilled	86.0 (98)	96.7 (119)	-
Parents' awareness on children’s tooth brushing supervision	Aware	80.7 (92)	79.7 (98)	0.487
Parents' awareness on children’s tooth brushing supervision	Not aware	19.3 (22)	20.3 (25)	-
Parents' supervision of children’s tooth brushing	Supervise	54.4 (62)	52.8 (65)	0.457
Parents' supervision of children’s tooth brushing	Do not supervise	45.6 (52)	47.2 (58)	-