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Table 3 Magnitude and direction of recalibration for the then-test and ideals

From: Using classification and regression tree modelling to investigate response shift patterns in dentine hypersensitivity

 

N

Mean

SD

t-value

Sig. (2-tailed)a

Ideals DHEQ recalibration

(‘Ideal follow-up’ – ‘Ideal baseline’)

31

-6.19

20.26

-1.70

0.99

Ideals DHEQ subscales recalibration

  Limitations

 

-1.03

3.73

-1.59

0.12

  Coping

 

-2.41

7.90

-1.78

0.08

  Social impacts

 

-0.76

2.88

-1.55

0.13

  Emotional impacts

 

-2.16

5.15

-2.37

< 0.05

  Identity

 

0.09

3.65

0.14

0.89

Then-test DHEQ recalibration

(‘Then’ – ‘Pre’)

43

-15.90

32.32

-3.27

<0.05

Then-test DHEQ subscales

  Limitations

 

-1.70

4.21

-2.69

< 0.05

  Coping

 

-6.47

13.55

-3.20

< 0.05

  Social impacts

 

-2.51

5.90

-2.86

< 0.05

  Emotional impacts

 

-4.18

8.82

-3.15

< 0.05

  Identity

 

-1.04

5.79

-1.21

0.23

Total DHEQ score change

(Post-Pre)

75

-14.14

31.91

-3.83

<0.05

  1. aOne-sample test