The mediating role of general self-efficacy in the association between perceived social support and oral health-related quality of life after initial periodontal therapy

Table 4 Hierarchical linear regression analysis results of the variables in relation to post-treatment OHRQoL score

Variables	Block 1 (β)	Block 2 (β)	Block 3 (β)	Block 4 (β)
Gender	0.113	0.163	0.130	0.083
Age	0.176	0.024	−0.078	−0.064
Marital status	−0.184	−0.194	−0.132	−0.113
Educational level	0.156	0.055	0.079	0.082
Average monthly income	−0.026	0.098	0.088	0.074
Payment type	0.173	0.137	0.092	0.091
Family history	0.121	0.140	0.120	0.137
Other chronic comorbidity	−0.084	−0.067	−0.087	−0.074
Currently smoking	−0.015	−0.022	−0.055	−0.069
No. of teeth (n)		−0.125	−0.085	−0.057
PD (mm)		−0.023	−0.082	−0.030
CAL (mm)		0.298 **	0.273 **	0.265 **
FMBS (%)		−0.209	−0.177	−0.150
PD ≥ 4 mm (%)		0.332 *	0.240	0.206
PCR (%)		−0.094	−0.028	−0.030
PSS			−0.443 **	−0.303 **
General self-efficacy				−0.221 *
F	1.272	2.627 **	4.899 **	5.046 **
R²	0.096	0.279	0.437	0.462
ΔR²	0.096	0.183 **	0.158 **	0.025 *

OHRQoL oral health-related quality of life, PD probing depth, CAL Clinical attachment loss, FMBS full-mouth bleeding scores, PCR plaque control record, PSS perceived social support. Gender: women vs. men; Marital status: married/cohabitation vs. single/divorced/widowed/separated; Educational level: junior college or above vs. senior high school or under; Average monthly income: > 3000 yuan vs. ≤ 3000 yuan; Payment type: self-payment vs. medical insurance; Family history: no vs. yes; Other chronic comorbidity: no vs. yes, Currently smoking: yes vs. no
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01

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