Extending dental nurses’ duties: a national survey investigating skill-mix in Scotland’s child oral health improvement programme (Childsmile)

Table 2 Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r) for potential associates of preventive delivery by EDDNs

	DA under 2	DA over 2	OHA under 2	OHA over 2	FVA over 2
Demographics
Nurses’ age	-.040	-.051	-.037	-.060	-.197*
Years qualified as dental nurse	.054	-.025	.013	.000	-.117
Years practising as dental nurse	.132	.091	.092	.034	-.370***
Number of dentists in practice	-.046	.107	-.045	-.003	.219**
Practice setting (GDS & Other)	.012^Ϯ	.054^Ϯ	-.041^Ϯ	.006^Ϯ	-.089^Ϯ
Role Satisfaction
Satisfaction with job in general	.082	.036	.054	.044	.092
Satisfaction with EDDN role	.052	.063	.088	.059	.278***
Utility of Training	.019	.113	.060	.040	.300***
Other Behavioural Mediators
Knowledge	.141	.174*	.071	.129	.284***
Skills:
Skills (DA)^§	.287***	.287***
Skills (OHA)^§			.298***	.298***
Skills (FV)^§					.504***
Social Support	.115	.123	.079	.129	.205**
Motivation:
Motivation (DA)^§	.315***	.415***
Motivation (OHA)^§			.302***	.356***
Motivation (FV)^§					.610***
Resources	.065	-.024	-.012	-.031	.086
Confidence	.193*	.226**	.019	.070	.269**

*< 0.05 (2-tailed) **< 0.01 (2-tailed) ***< 0.001 (2-tailed).
^ϮSpearmans’ Rho.
^§The item composition of these scales is tailored for the appropriate preventive outcomes (Dietary advice (DA), Oral hygiene advice (OHA) and fluoride varnish application (FVA).
N’s range from 151–174.

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