Research Article
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 value | | | (%) | (%) | | |
| 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) | |
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*Statistically significant at α = 0.05.
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