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Table 4 Linear regression of each psychosocial variable on primary language (Spanish) on both a univariate basis and adjusted for parent’s education

From: Association between maternal acculturation and health beliefs related to oral health of Latino children

Outcome

estimate*

p.value

Edu Adj. estimate*

Edu Adj. p.value

Oral health Behavior

−5.37 (−11.66, 0.92)

P = 0.0932

−5.69 (−12.21, 0.84)

P = 0.0867

Oral health Knowledge

−1.84 (− 5.79, 2.11)

P = 0.3581

− 1.41 (− 5.45, 2.63)

P = 0.4894

Knowledge on dental service utilization

−0.51 (−0.80, −0.22)

P = 0.0006

−0.41 (− 0.71, − 0.11)

P = 0.0073

Self-efficacy

− 0.44 (− 0.71, − 0.16)

P = 0.0024

− 0.35 (− 0.62, − 0.09)

P = 0.0099

HBM - Severity

−0.34 (− 0.71, 0.02)

P = 0.0636

−0.26 (− 0.65, 0.12)

P = 0.1800

HBM - Barriers

0.53 (0.27, 0.79)

P = 0.0001

0.46 (0.20, 0.71)

P = 0.0006

HBM - Susceptibility

−0.52 (− 0.87, − 0.16)

P = 0.0046

−0.41 (− 0.78, − 0.05)

P = 0.0273

HBM - Benefits

−0.28 (− 0.66, 0.10)

P = 0.1477

−0.20 (− 0.57, 0.18)

P = 0.3045

LOC - Internal

−0.30 (− 0.69, 0.08)

P = 0.1213

−0.20 (− 0.57, 0.17)

P = 0.2867

LOC - External Others

0.08 (− 0.32, 0.48)

P = 0.7012

0.07 (− 0.36, 0.49)

P = 0.7600

LOC - External Chance

0.11 (− 0.33, 0.56)

P = 0.6114

0.10 (− 0.38, 0.58)

P = 0.6715

  1. *Estimates are the difference in the psychosocial measure from primarily English-speaking and Spanish-speaking patients