Table 3 Limiting factors and failed consultations
Limiting factors | Failed a consultation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Financial barriers | Language barriers | Complicated health care system | Problems with finding a dentist | Trust issues | Dental anxiety | Social / domestic barriers | ||
Gender (n (%)) | ||||||||
Males | 52 (80) | 53 (81.5) | 53 (81.5) | 47 (72.3) | 14 (21.9)* | 19 (29.2) | 11 (17.2) | 34 (53.1) |
Females | 482 (82.7) | 478 (82.3) | 428 (73.5) | 414 (71.1) | 230 (39.6)* | 207 (35.6) | 139 (24.1) | 352 (60.3) |
Age (mean (SD)) | ||||||||
Experienced this barrier | 37.6 (10.7) | 37.8 (10.6)* | 37.3 (10.4) | 37.3 (10.7) | 35.1 (9.0)** | 36.2 (10.6)* | 33.9 (8.3)** | 37.02 (9.64) |
Did not experience this barrier | 36.9 (10.6) | 35.3 (10.5)* | 37.8 (11.4) | 37.7 (10.7) | 38.8 (11.4)** | 38.1 (10.7)* | 38.4 (11.0)** | 37.90 (11.78) |
Size of the city in Germany (n (%)) | ||||||||
Large or medium | 450 (81.8) | 445 (81.2) | 411 (74.9) | 399 (72.4) | 218 (39.8)* | 185 (33.6%) | 128 (23.5) | |
Small or village | 89 (86.4) | 90 (87.4) | 73 (70.9) | 66 (65.4) | 28 (27.5)* | 43 (42.6%) | 25 (24.5) | |
Arrived alone or with family (n (%)) | ||||||||
Alone | 101 (88.6) | 89 (78.8) | 79 (69.9) | 86 (75.4) | 39 (34.8) | 38 (33.3) | 14 (12.6)* | 55 (48.3)* |
With family | 439 (81.3) | 447 (82.9) | 405 (75.0) | 380 (70.5) | 208 (38.6) | 191 (35.4) | 139 (25.9)* | 335 (62.0)* |