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Table 7 Need of total consent against no need for aware approval for publishing a patient’s image with different levels of de-identification (the question about the appearance of the entire face is deleted due to lack of difference between responses)

From: Opinions of professors, dental students, and patients for publishing the patient images in the articles

 

Image of the oral cavity

Radiographical image of the upper and lower jaw

Image of the hands

Photograph of patient’s face with blurring eye area

(95 CI) OR

P

(95 CI) OR

P

(95 CI) OR

P

(95 CI) OR

P

Age

1.000

(0.823–1.104)

0.213

1.016

(0.872–1.124)

0.467

1.034

(0.889–1.045)

0.321

1.021

(0.883–1.034)

0.07

Gender

   

Men

Reference

-

Reference

-

Reference

-

Reference

-

women

1.134

(0.734–1.405)

0.325

1.431

(0.890–1.879)

0.145

1.671

(1.124–2.156)

0.011*

1.701

(1.28–2.432)

0.013*

Group

   

Patients

Reference

-

Reference

-

Reference

-

Reference

 

Students

1.546

(0.876–2.765)

0.084

2.542

(1.521–3.743)

0.002*

2.321

(1.310–3.652)

0.007*

2.121

(1.154–3.542)

0.01*

Teachers

2.134

(1.453–3.103)

0.001*

2.723

(1.543–3.879)

0.001*

2.654

(1.562–4.345)

0.001*

2.481

(1.641–3.425)

0.001*

  1. P < 0.05 is significant