Statistical results with regard to questionnaire and task performance data were considered significant at P < 0.05, Bonferroni corrected.
In regard to questionnaire validity, dietitians obtained higher KNOA scores than other practitioners, which was expected considering their educational level.
23, 24, 50 With regard to questionnaires canvassing depression, we used only the five-item Geriatric Depression Scale and not other well established and widely used instruments, such as the Beck Depression Inventory or the Medical Outcome Study-Depression questionnaire.
A limitation of the present study is that a part of the results is based on relatively small subsamples of adolescents due to attrition, especially with regard to questionnaires that were completed on two measurements in time.
In regards to the online questionnaire, it became known after the questionnaire was sent that a limited number of non-clinicians were included in the department mailings lists such as administrative assistants and they likely received emails containing links to the questionnaire.
The first steps in the process of constructing a questionnaire is identification of items [ 22- 25], and the careful selection of them by conducting standardized tests, in regards to what the questionnaire is supposed to measure.
However, with regard to the questionnaire data, the students or the principals may have left questions unanswered.
With regard to the questionnaire, as it has been validated, it was not necessary to conduct a pilot phase to implement them.
With regard to the questionnaire measures, there were significant associations with the AwareCare RI score and with the BASOLL self-care, mood and challenging behaviour scores.
Authors were available in those class rooms to clarify on any question arising in regard to the questionnaire.> For open-ended questions which gauged oral health knowledge, "Gingivitis" was considered a correct response for causes of easy bleeding of gums.
