Who chooses prepaid dental care? A baseline report of a prospective observational study

BMC Oral Health

Table 2 Distribution of answers from the questionnaire, in total and as comparisons between the two payment schemes

	Total				Prepayment scheme				Traditional scheme				p
	Mean	SD	N	%	Mean	SD	N	%	Mean	SD	N	%
Age	40.34	12.33			34.90	9.94			43.07	12.10			<0.001
BMI	24.84	3.87			24.30	3.72			25.14	3.92			<0.001
Sex
Female			7225	52.7			1783	55.9			4608	51.3	<0.001
Male			6495	47.3			1409	44.1			4366	48.7	<0.001
Education
Elementary School			1558	11.5			165	5.2			1241	14.0	<0.001
Upper Sec. School			7560	55.8			1887	59.7			4801	54.2
University			4432	32.7			1109	35.1			2810	31.7
Assessment of own oral health
Bad/ Somewhat bad			4250	31.3			672	21.2			3047	34.3	<0.001
Quite good			7437	54.7			1873	59.3			4774	53.7
Very good			1900	14.0			616	19.5			1068	12.0
Smoking
Yes			1507	11.1			233	7.3			1037	11.7	<0.001
No, but used to			2361	17.4			468	14.8			1635	18.4
No			9739	71.6			2471	77.9			6225	70.0
Spare time exercise
No/Short walks			4479	33.2			863	27.3			3086	34.8	<0.001
Regularly 1-2/week			6934	51.1			1672	52.9			4554	51.3
Regularly, hard, 2/week or more			2150	15.8			630	19.9			1231	13.9
Motivation to follow self-care instructions
No/ Yes, a little motivated			2692	21.8			552	17.4			2064	23.5	<0.001
Yes, quite motivated			6005	44.1			1420	44.9			3926	44.1
Yes, very motivated			4637	34.1			1192	37.7			2905	32.7
Thinking dietary habits affect oral health
No/A little			1803	13.3			312	9.8			1254	14.1	<0.001
Yes, some			4861	35.8			1037	32.7			3310	37.3
Yes, very much			6932	51.0			1820	57.4			4319	48.6
Significance of oral health for well-being
No/ Little significance			516	3.8			81	2.6			352	3.9	<0.001
Some significance			5647	41.6			1296	40.1			3741	42.1
Very big significance			7424	54.6			1818	57.4			4783	53.9
Satisfaction with teeth’s appearance
Very/Quite dissatisfied			2198	16.2			376	11.8			1538	17.4	<0.001
Quite satisfied			9800	72.1			2324	73.4			6432	72.4
Very satisfied			1596	11.7			468	14.8			911	10.3

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