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Table 2 Cumulative survival probabilities, Hazard Ratios and median time to dental practice attendance for families assessed by health visitors

From: The effectiveness of Dental Health Support Workers at linking families with primary care dental practices: a population-wide data linkage cohort study

 

Cumulative survival probabilities

Hazard ratios [95% CI]

Median time to participation [95% CI]

Group 1

HV: YES; DHSW: YES

N = 5087

0.88

1.87

[1.8 to 1.9]

8.8

[8.5 to 9.1]

Group 2

HV: YES; DHSW: NO

N = 6408

0.82

1 (ref)

 

17.8

[17.1 to 18.6]

Group 3

HV: NO; DHSW: NO

N = 23,741

0.81

0.98

[0.9 to 1.0]

18.4

[18.1 to 18.7]

  1. GROUP 1 are those whom the health visitor referred for DHSW intervention and received the intervention. GROUP 2 are those whom the health visitor referred for DHSW intervention but did not receive the intervention. GROUP 3 are those whom the health visitor perceived to not need a DHSW intervention and so they were neither referred nor received the intervention