Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics, clinical assessments, and caregiver behavior of interest [acceptance of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) treatment for pediatric patients]
Characteristics, Assessments, and Behavior | Overall (n = 546) | Patients < 6 years (n = 410) | Patients ≥6 years (n = 136) | P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||
 Gender of caregiver |  |  |  | 0.628 |
  Male | 117 (21.4) | 90 (22.0) | 27 (19.9) |  |
  Female | 397 (72.7) | 295 (72.0) | 102 (75.0) | |
  Missing | 32 (5.9) | 25 (6.1) | 7 (5.1) | |
 Age of caregiver (in years) (n = 508) | 33.5 ± 9.0 | 32.5 ± 8.7 | 36.6 ± 9.0 | < 0.001 |
 Relationship of caregiver to pediatric patient |  |  |  | 0.100 |
  Parent | 509 (93.2) | 384 (93.7) | 125 (91.9) |  |
  Legal guardian | 22 (4.0) | 18 (4.4) | 4 (2.9) | |
  Relative (not guardian) | 13 (2.4) | 6 (1.5) | 7 (5.1) | |
  Other caretaker | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
 Caregiver of Hispanic or Latino/a ethnicity? |  |  |  | 0.053 |
  No | 279 (51.1) | 197 (48.0) | 82 (60.3) |  |
  Yes, Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano/a | 160 (29.3) | 129 (31.5) | 31 (22.8) | |
  Yes, Puerto Rican | 35 (6.4) | 25 (6.1) | 10 (7.4) | |
  Yes, Cuban, other Hispanic, Latino/a origin | 58 (10.6) | 48 (11.7) | 10 (7.4) | |
  Missing | 14 (2.6) | 11 (2.7) | 3 (2.2) | |
 Race of caregiver |  |  |  | 0.045 |
  White | 231 (42.3) | 180 (43.9) | 51 (37.5) |  |
  Black or African American | 64 (11.7) | 53 (12.9) | 11 (8.1) | |
  American Indian or Alaska Native | 11 (2.0) | 11 (2.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
  Asian Indian | 4 (0.7) | 2 (0.5) | 2 (1.5) | |
  Chinese | 5 (0.9) | 3 (0.7) | 2 (1.5) | |
  Filipino | 47 (8.6) | 26 (6.3) | 21 (15.4) | |
  Japanese | 3 (0.5) | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.7) | |
  Other Asian | 9 (1.6) | 8 (2.0) | 1 (0.7) | |
  Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 25 (4.6) | 14 (3.4) | 11 (8.1) | |
  Chuukese | 23 (4.2) | 17 (4.1) | 6 (4.4) | |
  Missing | 124 (22.7) | 94 (22.9) | 30 (22.1) | |
 Education of caregiver |  |  |  | 0.352 |
  Less than high school | 71 (13.0) | 57 (13.9) | 14 (10.3) |  |
  High school graduate | 230 (42.1) | 174 (42.4) | 56 (41.2) | |
  Some college or more | 209 (38.3) | 150 (36.6) | 59 (43.4) | |
  Missing | 36 (6.6) | 29 (7.1) | 7 (5.1) | |
 Pediatric patient’s insurance |  |  |  | 0.459 |
  Private | 20 (3.7) | 14 (3.4) | 6 (4.4) |  |
  Medicaid (CHIP) | 512 (93.8) | 387 (94.4) | 125 (91.9) | |
  No insurance | 8 (1.5) | 6 (1.5) | 2 (1.5) | |
  Other | 6 (1.1) | 3 (0.7) | 3 (2.2) | |
Clinical assessments of pediatric patients by dentists | ||||
 Decayed, missing, filled teeth total score (dmft / DMFT) (n = 512) | 7.7 ± 6.2 | 7.7 ± 6.5 | 7.8 ± 5.5 | 0.116 |
 Operating room (OR) treatment needed |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
  Yes | 122 (22.3) | 107 (26.1) | 15 (11.0) |  |
  No | 422 (77.3) | 301 (73.4) | 121 (89.0) | |
  Missing | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
Caregiver health behavior of interest | ||||
 Caregiver acceptance of SDF treatment for pediatric patient |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
  Yes | 434 (79.5) | 344 (83.9) | 90 (66.2) |  |
  No | 112 (20.5) | 66 (16.1) | 46 (33.8) | |