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Table 3 Association between the Level of Oral Health Literacy and Oral Health Status among Medical and Dental Students in Nigeria (N = 320)

From: Validation of an online version of the rapid estimate of adult literacy in dentistry-30 for use by medical and dental students in Nigeria

Level of Oral health literacy

Level of Oral Health status

Total

OR (95% CI; p value)

AOR (95% CI; p value)

Poor

Good

Poor

Good

70 (39.3%)

45 (31.7%)

108 (60.7%)

97 (68.3%)

178 (55.6%)

142 (44.4%)

1

1.61 (1.02–2.54; 0.04)

1

1.39 (0.86–2.24; 0.17)

Total

115 (35.9%)

205 (64.1%)

320 (100.0%)