Associations between dental care approachability and dental attendance among women pregnant with an Indigenous child: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Percentage, prevalence ratio (PR) and 95% CI of visiting dentist less than 1 year among women pregnant with an Indigenous child in South Australia (n = 427)

	% (95% CI)	PR 95% CI^a	APR 95% CI^b
Perceiving need of dental service
Do you think you need to see a dentist?
No	46.7(28.1–38.0)	Ref	–
Yes	32.9 (33.7–60.0)	1.24 (0.96–1.58)	–
Service-related health literacy (system navigation)
If you needed to visit the dentist tomorrow, would you know what to do?
Yes	39.9 (34.6–45.4)	Ref	Ref
No	14.9(8.4–23.7)	0.39(0.24–0.64)***	0.86(0.74–0.99)*
Do you think there would be a dentist able to see you tomorrow?
Yes	44.0 (36.4–51.9)	Ref	Ref
No	28.3 (22.9–34.3)	0.64(0.49–0.82)***	0.91(0.81–1.02)
Service-related oral health belief
How important do you rate the visiting dentist in relation to health?
Extremely/fairly important	36.7 (31.8–41.8)	Ref	Ref
Doesn’t matter much/Not important	18.0 (8.6–31.4)	0.51(0.28–0.92)*	0.93(0.77–1.13)
Trust and expectation
I believe going to dentist would help my teeth
Strongly agree	37.1 (32.1–42.2)	Ref	Ref
Somewhat agree or don’t know	18.6 (9.7–30.9)	0.49(0.28–0.85)**	0.91(0.77–1.09)

PR, prevalence ratio; APR, adjust prevalence ratio
***p < 0.0001, **p < 0.001, *p < 0.05;
^aUnivariable analysis without any adjustment
^bReducing variable showing no statistical significance in univariable analysis and adjusting for remoteness, education level, employment and age

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