Social determinants of seeking emergency and routine dental care in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Oral Health

Table 5 Pain threshold based on participants’ characteristics among a sample of KSA population (n = 3443)

Characteristics	Mean ± SD	Median	P value	B (95% CI)
Gender			< 0.001*
Male	6.9 ± 2.2	7		Reference
Female	7.2 ± 2.1	7		0.4 (0.3, 0.6)*
Visiting dentist			0.02*
Ever	7.1 ± 2.2	7		Reference
Never	7.5 ± 2.3	8		0.3 (− 0.006, 0.7)
Last dental visit type of clinic			0.01*
Public	7.3 ± 2.2	7		Reference
Private	7.1 ± 2.1	7		− 0.2 (− 0.4, − 0.02)*
KSA regions			0.002*
> 4 Million	7.2 ± 2.1	7		Reference
1–4 Million	7.1 ± 2.2	7		− 0.2 (− 0.4, 0.1)
< 1 Million	6.9 ± 2.4	7		− 0.3 (− 0.5, − 0.1)*

B, Standardized coefficient of multiple regression; CI, Confidence Interval
^*Statistical significance using Mann–Whitney or Kruskal–Wallis tests, as appropriate

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