Research Article

Effect of Reinforcement of Oral Health Education Message through Short Messaging Service in Mobile Phones: A Quasi-Experimental Trial

Table 6

Within group comparison of mean GI scores at each interval using ANOVA test.

GroupsFactor 1MeanStandard deviation value value

InterventionAt baseline0.3130.3271.673<0.001
After 1 month0.2310.26
After 2 months0.1530.17
After 3 months0.0970.13
After 6 months0.1650.16

ControlAt baseline0.2870.2971.787<0.001
After 1 month0.2360.27
After 2 months0.2540.28
After 3 months0.2780.29
After 6 months0.3520.32