Research Article
Effect of Reinforcement of Oral Health Education Message through Short Messaging Service in Mobile Phones: A Quasi-Experimental Trial
Table 3
Comparison of mean GI score at different intervals between intervention and control group.
| Mean GI score | Intervention | Control | value |
| At baseline | 0.31 ± 0.32 | 0.29 ± 0.29 | 0.394 (NS) | After 1 month | 0.23 ± 0.26 | 0.24 ± 0.27 | 0.849 (NS) | After 2 months | 0.15 ± 0.17 | 0.25 ± 0.28 | <0.01 | After 3 months | 0.10 ± 0.13 | 0.28 ± 0.29 | <0.01 | After 6 months | 0.16 ± 0.16 | 0.35 ± 0.32 | <0.01 |
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NS, not significant.
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