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Table 4 Factors associated with nurses’ (n = 680) attitudes (high/low) toward oral health care controlling for background characteristics as shown by a logistic regression model

From: Primary care nurses’ awareness of and willingness to perform children’s oral health care

 

B

S.E.

Sig.

OR

95% C.I. for OR

     

Lower

Upper

Paediatric score

0.19

0.08

.020

1.21

1.03

1.43

Dental score

0.28

0.09

.001

1.33

1.12

1.57

Medical score

0.07

0.05

.170

1.08

0.97

1.19

OHB

0.11

0.05

.020

1.12

1.02

1.23

Working area

0.47

0.24

.049

1.59

1.00

2.53

Willingness to Receive information

1.67

0.26

.000

5.31

3.21

8.78

Educational degree

0.64

0.19

.001

1.89

1.29

2.77

  1. All variables were used in their continuous form except for degree, working area, and willingness to receive information.
  2. Educational degree: 1 = BS and MS, 2 = two years university studies, 3 = diploma and lower.
  3. Working area: 1 = affluent area, 2 = non-affluent area.
  4. Willingness to receive information: 0: No, 1: Yes.
  5. Goodness of fit with Hosmer and Lemeshow test, P- value = 0.146.
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BMC Oral Health

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