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Table 3 Mean pre-training and post-training Oral Health Assessment Tool scores (n = 71)

From: The effect of multimodal comprehensive care methodology training on oral health care professionals’ empathy for patients with dementia

Category	Pre-training (n = 71)	Post-training (n = 71)	P-value
Lips	0.55	0.54	0.88^a
Tongue	0.80	0.59	0.04^a
Gums and tissues	0.86	0.80	0.64^a
Saliva	0.66	0.59	0.48^a
Natural teeth	1.41 (n = 63)	1.32 (n = 63)	0.02^a
Dentures	0.81 (n = 31)	0.80 (n = 30)	0.94^a
Oral hygiene	1.44	1.15	0.01^a
Dental pain	0.70	0.59	0.36^a

^a Wilcoxon signed rank test
The bold numbers are significant P-values (p < 0.05)

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