Table 2 Distribution of demographic and time characteristic and multivariate (fully-adjusted) odds ratios (OR) for appointment status (N = 2,692)
From: Appointment attendance at a remote rural dental training facility in Australia
Variable | Completed Na(%) | FTAbN (%) | FTA ORc(95% CI)d | Cancelled N (%) | Cancelled OR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 1851 (68.8) | 511 (19.0) | - | 330 (12.3) | - |
Residential suburb | |||||
Brewarrina | 936 (65.7) | 337 (23.6) | 2.5 (1.8-3.6) | 152 (10.7) | 0.8 (0.6-1.2) |
Bourke | 408 (69.6) | 105 (17.9) | 2.0 (1.3-2.9) | 73 (12.5) | 0.9 (0.7-1.4) |
Lightning Ridge | 155 (73.1) | 22 (10.4) | 1.2 (0.7-2.0) | 35 (16.5) | 1.1 (0.7-1.7) |
Other* | 352 (75.1) | 47 (10.0) | 1 | 70 (14.9) | 1 |
Gender | |||||
Female | 931 (65.5) | 287 (20.2) | 1.2 (1.0-1.5) | 204 (14.3) | 1.5 (1.2-2.0) |
Male* | 920 (72.4) | 224 (17.6) | 1 | 126 (9.9) | 1 |
Age group | |||||
< 19 | 484 (71.3) | 137 (20.2) | 2.3 (1.3-4.1) | 58 (8.5) | 0.6 (0.4-1.1) |
19-25 | 214 (64.5) | 85 (25.6) | 4.1 (2.3-7.3) | 33 (9.9) | 1.0 (0.6-1.9) |
26-35 | 241 (62.1) | 98 (25.3) | 4.4 (2.5-7.9) | 49 (12.6) | 1.3 (0.7-2.2) |
36-49 | 388 (64.8) | 105 (17.5) | 3.1 (1.8-5.5) | 106 (17.7) | 1.9 (1.1-3.1) |
50-64 | 334 (71.8) | 70 (15.1) | 2.9 (1.6-5.2) | 61 (13.1) | 1. 4 (0.8-2.4) |
65 + * | 190 (83.0) | 16 (7.0) | 1 | 23 (10.0) | 1 |
Type of patient | |||||
Public | 1303 (66.1) | 423 (21.5) | 2.3 (1.8-3.1) | 244 (12.4) | 1.5 (1.1-2.0) |
Private* | 548 (75.9) | 88 (12.2) | 1 | 86 (11.9) | 1 |
Contact telephone | |||||
number | |||||
Yes* | 1647 (70.1) | 408 (17.4) | 1 | 293 (12.5) | 1 |
No | 204 (59.3) | 103 (29.9) | 1.8 (1.3-2.4) | 37 (10.8) | 1.1 (0.7-1.6) |
Day of week | |||||
Monday* | 359 (68.4) | 114 (21.7) | 1 | 52 (9.9) | 1 |
Tuesday | 403 (70.7) | 93 (16.3) | 0.8 (0.6-1.2) | 74 (13.0) | 1.1 (0.7-1.6) |
Wednesday | 449 (68.2) | 129 (19.6) | 1.0 (0.7-1.3) | 80 (12.2) | 1.0 (0.7-1.5) |
Thursday | 410 (71.4) | 108 (18.8) | 0.9 (0.6-1.2) | 56 (9.8) | 0.8 (0.5-1.2) |
Friday | 230 (63.0) | 67 (18.4) | 1.3 (0.9-1.9) | 68 (18.6) | 1.7 (1.1-2.6) |
Time of day | |||||
1st appointment* | 298 (69.3) | 80 (18.6) | 1 | 52 (12.1) | 1 |
Morning to lunch | 951 (69.6) | 231 (16.9) | 0.9 (0.7-1.3) | 185 (13.5) | 1.1 (0.8-1.5) |
After Lunch | 455 (69.6) | 139 (21.3) | 1.2 (0.8-1.6) | 60 (9.2) | 0.9 (0.6-1.3) |
Last appointment | 147 (61.0) | 61 (25.3) | 1.3 (0.9-1.9) | 33 (13.7) | 1.8 (1.1-2.9) |
Month | |||||
February* | 78 (73.6) | 9 (8.5) | 1 | 19 (17.9) | 1 |
March | 346 (68.8) | 89 (17.7) | 2.3 (1.1-4.7) | 68 (13.5) | 0.9 (0.5-1.6) |
April | 194 (61.2) | 81 (25.6) | 4.7 (2.2-10.0) | 42 (13.2) | 0.9 (0.5-1.8) |
May | 275 (68.4) | 84 (20.9) | 3.3 (1.6-7.0) | 43 (10.7) | 0.7 (0.4-1.3) |
June | 132 (71.7) | 43 (23.4) | 3.5 (1.6-7.8) | 9 (4.9) | 0.3 (0.1-0.8) |
July | 180 (74.4) | 54 (22.3) | 3.6 (1.7-8.0) | 8 (3.3) | 0.2 (0.0-0.5) |
August | 361 (65.5) | 85 (15.4) | 2.5 (1.2-5.2) | 105 (19.1) | 1.3 (0.7-2.2) |
September | 285 (73.6) | 66 (17.1) | 2.9 (1.3-6.1) | 36 (9.3) | 0.6 (0.3-1.1) |