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Table 8 Need for oral or written consent against no need for aware approval for publishing a patient’s image with different levels of de-identification (the question about the image of the whole 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

 

OR (95 CI)

P

OR (95 CI)

P

OR (95 CI)

P

OR (95 CI)

P

Age

1.041

(0.945–1.01)

0.741

1.009

(0.985–1.105)

0.254

1.102

(0.925–1.125)

0.145

0.985

(0.985–1.019)

0.542

Gender

   

Men

Reference

-

Reference

-

Reference

-

Reference

-

women

1.124

(0.845–1.190)

0.84

1.245

(0.914–1.654)

0.123

1.542

(1.074–2.008)

0.024*

1.452

(0.785–2.412)

0.143

Group

   

Patients

Reference

-

Reference

-

Reference

-

Reference

-

Students

1.876

(1.12–3.456)

*0.032

2.234

(1.234–4.456)

0.004*

2.789

(1.345–5.456)

0.001*

6.678

(1.976–23.345)

0.002*

Teachers

2.890

(1.546–4.786)

*0.001

4.567

(2.345–6.567)

0.001*

4.767

(2.456–7.654)

0.001*

11.234

(2.76-50.789)

0.001*

  1. P < 0.05 is significant