Table 1.
Descriptive statistics: total, two-way tables according to the variables related to the last dental visit (N = 263)
| Total | Purpose of the last dental visit | Duration from the last dental visit | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment | Prevention | ≥ 1 year | < 1 year | ||
| Purpose of the last dental visit | χ² =35.198*** | ||||
| Treatment | 100 (38.02%) | - | - | 78 (78.00%) | 22 (22.00%) |
| Prevention | 163 (61.98%) | - | - | 66 (40.49%) | 97 (59.51%) |
| Duration from the last dental visit | χ² =35.198*** | ||||
| ≥ 1 year | 144 (54.75%) | 78 (54,17%) | 66 (45.83%) | - | - |
| < 1 year | 119 (45.25%) | 22 (18.49%) | 97 (81.51%) | ||
| Sex | χ² = 6.664* | χ² =1.541 | |||
| Men | 210 (79.85%) | 88 (41.90%) | 122 (58.10%) | 119 (56.77%) | 91 (43.33%) |
| Women | 53 (20.15%) | 12 (22.64%) | 41 (77.36%) | 25 (47.17%) | 28 (52.83%) |
| Age | pwcorr. =0.056 | pwcorr.=0.173** | |||
| Years (mean) | 41.882 (0.667) | 41.11 (1.172) | 42.35 (0.801) | 40.19 (0.885) | 43.93 (0.984) |
| Dental Status | χ² =14.193** | χ² =6.963* | |||
| Poor | 15 (5.70%) | 12 (80.00%) | 3 (20.00%) | 13 (86.67%) | 2 (13.33%) |
| Fair | 162 (61.60%) | 63 (38.89%) | 99 (61.11%) | 88 (54.32%) | 74 (45.68%) |
| Very good | 86 (32.70%) | 25 (29.07%) | 61 (70.93%) | 43 (50.00%) | 43 (50.00%) |
| Weekly working hours | χ² =3.360 | χ² =4.248 | |||
| < 35 h | 58 (22.05%) | 21 (36.21%) | 37 (63.79%) | 25 (43.10%) | 33 (56.90.%) |
| 35–45 h | 147 (55.89%) | 51 (34.69%) | 96 (65.31%) | 84 (57.14%) | 63 (42.86%) |
| > 45 h | 58 (22.05%) | 28 | 30 (51.72%) | 35 (60.34%) | 23 (39.66%) |
| Yearly frequencies of race(s) | χ² =0.417 | χ² = 4.797* | |||
| 0–3 | 67 (25.19%) | 24 (34.85%) | 43 (65.15%) | 37 (54.55%) | 30 (45.45%) |
| 4–8 | 138 (52.67%) | 54 (39.13%) | 84 (60.87%) | 83 (60.14%) | 55 (39.86%) |
| > 8 | 58 (22.14%) | 23 (39.66%) | 35 (60.34%) | 25 (43.10%) | 33 (56.90%) |
| Daily toothbrushing | χ² =5.918* | χ² =0.376 | |||
| Less than 2 | 50 (19.01%) | 26 (52.00%) | 24 (48.00%) | 29 (58.00%) | 21 (42.00%) |
| Twice | 174 (66.16%) | 58 (33.33%) | 116 (66.67%) | 93 (53.45%) | 81 (46.55%) |
| More than 2 | 39 (14.83%) | 16 (41.03%) | 23 (58.97%) | 32 (56.41%) | 17 (43.59%) |
| Excessive sugar exposure | χ² =0.463 | χ² =0.021 | |||
| No | 114 (43.35%) | 46 (40.35%) | 68 (59.65%) | 63 (55.26%) | 51 (44.74%) |
| Yes | 149 (56.65%) | 54 (36.24%) | 95 (63.76%) | 81 (54.36%) | 68 (45.64%) |
| Total | 100% | 100 (38.02%) | 163 (61.98%) | 144 (54.75%) | 119 (45.25%) |
Key : * P-value ≤ 0.1 ; ** P-value ≤ 0.05 ; *** P-value ≤ 0.01