Table 2.
Prevalence of oral health promotion practices of dentists by characteristics of women, (n = 515)
| Characteristic | Talked about importance of dental visits during pregnancy, n (%) | Talked about importance of regular dental visits, n (%) | Demonstrated toothbrushing, n (%) |
Explained ways to keep teeth & gums healthy, n (%) | Talked about importance of oral health care, n (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154 (29.9%) | 230 (44.7%) | 245 (47.6%) | 244 (47.4%) | 319 (61.9%) | ||||||
| Col n (%) | PR | Col n (%) | PR | Col n (%) | PR | Col n (%) | PR | Col n (%) | PR | |
| Agea | 0.043 | -0.222 | 0.086 | 0.148 | 0.456 | |||||
| Educationb | ||||||||||
| < 12 years | 30 (19.5) | 39.5 | 39 (17.0) | 51.3 | 46 (18.8) | 60.5* | 44 (18.0) | 57.9 | 51 (16.0) | 67.1 |
| 12 years | 51 (33.1) | 31.7 | 70 (30.4) | 43.5 | 80 (32.7) | 49.7 | 78 (32.0) | 48.4 | 99 (31.0) | 61.5 |
| > 12 years | 73 (47.4) | 26.3 | 121 (52.6) | 43.5 | 119 (48.6) | 42.8 | 122 (50.0) | 43.9 | 169 (53.0) | 60.8 |
| Family incomeb | ||||||||||
| ≤ 5,000 SR | 61 (39.6) | 30.2 | 90 (39.1) | 44.6 | 97 (39.6) | 48.0 | 99 (40.6) | 49.0 | 117 (36.7) | 57.9 |
| 5,001–7,000 SR | 40 (26.0) | 31.5 | 62 (27.0) | 48.8 | 58 (23.7) | 45.7 | 55 (22.5) | 43.3 | 82 (25.7) | 64.6 |
| 7,001–10,000 SR | 28 (18.2) | 24.6 | 46 (20.0) | 40.4 | 54 (22.0) | 47.4 | 58 (23.8) | 50.9 | 76 (23.8) | 66.7 |
| > 10,000 SR | 25 (16.2) | 34.7 | 32 (13.9) | 44.4 | 36 (14.7) | 50.0 | 32 (13.1) | 44.4 | 44 (13.8) | 61.1 |
| Nationalityb | ||||||||||
| Non-Saudi | 9 (5.8) | 17.3* | 16 (7.0) | 30.8* | 24 (9.8) | 46.2 | 19 (7.8) | 36.5 | 30 (9.4) | 57.7 |
| Saudi | 145 (94.2) | 31.3 | 214 (93.0) | 46.2 | 221 (90.2) | 47.7 | 225 (92.2) | 48.6 | 289 (90.6) | 62.4 |
| Health insuranceb | ||||||||||
| No | 136 (88.3) | 29.8 | 200 (87.0) | 43.9 | 214 (87.3) | 46.9 | 212 (86.9) | 46.5 | 283 (88.7) | 62.1 |
| Yes | 18 (11.7) | 30.5 | 30 (13.0) | 50.8 | 31 (12.7) | 52.5 | 32 (13.1) | 54.2 | 36 (11.3) | 61.0 |
| Any dental problemsb | ||||||||||
| No | 23 (14.9) | 44.2* | 34 (14.8) | 65.4** | 36 (14.7) | 69.2*** | 31 (12.7) | 59.6 | 37 (11.6) | 71.2 |
| Yes | 131 (85.1) | 28.3 | 196 (85.2) | 42.3 | 209 (85.3) | 45.1 | 213(87.3) | 46.0 | 181 (88.4) | 60.9 |
Abbreviation: PR- prevalence
a Independent sample t-test of significance; b Pearson’s χ2 test of significance
* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001