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Table 3 Pairwise comparisons of mean percentage of consents per school by intervention group (Bonferroni criterion)

From: Strategies for maximizing consent rates for child dental health surveys: a randomised controlled trial

Interventions

Mean difference

Standard error

p-value

95% confidence interval

FISA&DM

FIS

−6.80

3.60

0.59

−16.93 to 3.34

 

Promotion of the survey

−11.11*

3.57

0.02

−21.21 to −1.01

 

Multiple letters

−16.65*

3.63

<0.001

−26.89 to −6.40

 

Control

−10.02

3.60

0.06

−20.19 to 0.15

FIS

Promotion of the survey

−4.32

3.47

1.00

−14.13 to 5.50

 

Multiple letters

−9.65

3.53

0.06

−19.82 to 0.12

 

Control

−3.22

3.50

1.00

−13.11 to 6.67

Promotion of the survey

Multiple letters

−5.53

3.51

1.00

−15.46 to 4.40

 

Control

1.10

3.50

1.00

−8.76 to 10.95

Multiple letters

Control

6.63

3.54

0.62

−3.38 to 16.63

  1. *statistically significant at the 0.05 level.