Oral Health of Children with Autism: The Influence of Parental Attitudes and Willingness in Providing Care

Table 5

Correlation between parental attitudes and oral health practices.

Variables	Positive attitude	value	Negative attitude	value	Willingness	value
Sugar consumption
Always	2.83 ± 0.78	0.043	2.36 ± 0.75	0.35	2.05 ± 0.71	0.095
^aSometimes	2.91 ± 0.61		2.38 ± 0.75		2.2 ± 0.72
^bNever	1.91 ± 1.29		1.64 ± 1.16		1.29 ± 0.93
Brushing status
No	2.81 ± 0.832	0.719	2.230.50	0.434	2.2850.581	0.584
Yes, on his/her own	2.96 ± 0.3		2.67 ± 0.53		2.13 ± 0.71
Yes, with parent’s supervision	2.62 ± 1.04		2.13 ± 1.22		1.97 ± 1.02
Yes, with teacher’s supervision	2.87 ± 0.61		2.36 ± 0.72		2.05 ± 0.67
Dental floss usage
No	2.88 ± 0.69	0.642	2.38 ± 0.78	0.786	2.11 ± 0.72	0.691
Yes, on his/her own	2.5 ± 1.37		2.02 ± 1.12		2.04 ± 1.06
Yes, with parent’s supervision	2.84 ± 0.36		2.29 ± 0.61		2.21 ± 0.62
Yes, with teacher’s supervision	2.5 ± 0.27		1.86 ± 0.40		1 ± 0.70

Statistically significant at 0.05 level. ^a,bShowing intergroup comparison.