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Table 6 Logistic regression analysis of factors associated with practising oral health promotion in a sample of Australian community rehabilitation and support workers (n = 141)

From: Oral health promotion practices of Australian community mental health professionals: a cross sectional web-based survey

  B SE p Value OR Or 95% CI
Location − 0.013 0.503 0.979 0.987 0.368 2.645
Years at Neami 0.412 0.439 0.348 1.510 0.638 3.574
Oral health training 1.253 0.527 0.017 3.500 1.246 9.829
Self-rated knowledge and confidence 1.408 0.470 0.003 4.089 1.629 10.263
Attitudes to oral health promotion 1.363 0.405 0.001 3.906 1.765 8.648
Perceived barriers to oral health promotion 0.710 0.465 0.127 2.034 0.817 5.060
Constant − 12.276 3.343 0.0001    
  1. χ2 (5, n = 141) = 34.663, p < 0.0001, Nagelkerke R2 29.2%, 67.4% of cases