Research Article
Effect of Reinforcement of Oral Health Education Message through Short Messaging Service in Mobile Phones: A Quasi-Experimental Trial
Table 2
Comparison of mean OHI score at different intervals between intervention and control group.
| Mean OHI score | Intervention | Control | value |
| At baseline | 3.79 ± 1.54 | 3.63 ± 1.39 | 0.283 (NS) | After 1 month | 3.14 ± 1.32 | 3.21 ± 1.31 | 0.580 (NS) | After 2 months | 2.64 ± 1.14 | 3.38 ± 1.35 | <0.01 | After 3 months | 2.32 ± 1.07 | 3.56 ± 1.37 | <0.01 | After 6 months | 2.88 ± 1.11 | 3.99 ± 1.46 | <0.01 |
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NS, not significant.
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