Dental Pain in Children with Intellectual Disabilities: Caregivers’ Perspective

Table 5

Association between dental treatment needs and caregivers’ ability to recognize presence of pain.

		Does child have pain (question to caregiver)?
Type of subject	Child’s dental treatment needs	No	Yes	Total	Kendall’s tau-b; 𝑃 value
		𝑛 (%)	𝑛 (%)
Healthy children	Non/simple	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	Moderate	4 (33.3)	2 (4.9)	6 (11.3)	0.38
	Complex	8 (66.7)	39 (95.1)	47 (88.7)	0.06
	Total	12 (100)	41 (100)	53 (100)
Children with ID	Non/simple	3 (50)	0 (0)	3 (10.3)
	Moderate	2 (33.3)	1 (4.3)	3 (10.3)	0.79
	Complex	1 (16.7)	22 (95.7)	23 (79.3)	0.003^*
	Total	6 (100)	23 (100)	29 (100)

^*Statistically significant at α = 0.05.