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. 2024 Dec 20;10:e53585. doi: 10.2196/53585

Table 5.

Total effects for the distal influences on oral pain and self-rated oral health status based on conceptual framework (Figure 1). Data from the 2017 National Demographic and Health Survey conducted by the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia.

Pathway 5–14 years 15–24 years ≥25 years

βa SE P value 95% CI β SE P value 95% CI β SE P value 95% CI
Oral pain

Age 0.071 0.012 <.001 b 0.047 0.095 0.021 0.013 .10 –0.004 0.046 –0.011 0.011 .31 –0.033 0.010

Sex 0.017 0.011 .11 –0.004 0.038 0.000 0.013 .98 –0.026 0.026 –0.008 0.012 .52 –0.032 0.016

Citizenship –0.085 0.017 <.001 –0.119 –0.052 0.022 0.021 .27 –0.018 0.063 0.008 0.015 .61 –0.022 0.037

Region 0.020 0.011 .06 –0.001 0.041 –0.033 0.013 .01 –0.058 –0.008 –0.045 0.013 <.001 –0.070 –0.021

Marital status (≥25 years only) 0.025 0.021 .23 –0.015 0.065

Education (≥25 years only) 0.004 0.017 .82 –0.029 0.036

Monthly household income –0.006 0.016 .72 –0.037 0.025 0.004 0.019 .83 –0.032 0.040 –0.011 0.018 .52 –0.046 0.023

Household crowding (5-14 years only) –0.008 0.018 .68 –0.043 0.028

Health insurance –0.058 0.020 .003 –0.097 –0.020 0.027 0.024 .26 –0.020 0.073 0.023 0.018 .20 –0.013 0.059

Access to health care 0.410 0.010 <.001 0.390 0.430 –0.002 0.013 .86 –0.028 0.023 0.006 0.011 .61 –0.016 0.028

Source of care 0.039 0.018 .03 0.003 0.074 –0.004 0.018 .83 –0.039 0.032 –0.019 0.018 .30 –0.055 0.017

Accident 0.089 0.012 <.001 0.067 0.112 0.042 0.013 .001 0.017 0.067 –0.009 0.014 .51 –0.037 0.018

Disability 0.020 0.011 .07 –0.002 0.042 0.004 0.012 .77 –0.021 0.028 0.031 0.013 .02 0.005 0.057

BMI 0.030 0.013 .02 0.004 0.056 –0.047 0.014 .001 –0.074 –0.020 –0.032 0.014 .02 –0.059 –0.006
Self-rated oral health status

Age –0.044 0.013 .001 –0.069 –0.018 –0.039 0.013 .002 –0.063 –0.014 0.015 0.011 .19 –0.007 0.037

Sex –0.024 0.012 .04 –0.047 –0.002 0.023 0.013 .08 –0.003 0.050 –0.014 0.013 .29 –0.039 0.011

Citizenship 0.072 0.018 <.001 0.037 0.107 0.008 0.020 .67 –0.030 0.047 –0.055 0.016 <.001 –0.085 –0.024

Region –0.099 0.012 <.001 –0.121 –0.076 –0.011 0.013 .39 –0.036 0.014 –0.011 0.013 .40 –0.037 0.015

Marital status (25+ only) –0.012 0.019 .53 –0.050 0.026

Education (≥25 years only) 0.050 0.016 .002 0.019 0.082

Monthly household income 0.070 0.016 <.001 0.038 0.101 0.018 0.018 .31 –0.017 0.054 –0.028 0.019 .14 –0.064 0.009

Household crowding (5-14 years only) –0.043 0.020 .03 –0.081 –0.005

Health insurance –0.011 0.020 .58 –0.050 0.028 –0.152 0.022 <.001 –0.195 –0.109 –0.146 0.018 <.001 –0.182 –0.110

Access to health care –0.164 0.011 <.001 –0.187 –0.142 0.050 0.013 <.001 0.024 0.075 0.025 0.011 .03 0.003 0.047

Source of care –0.124 0.018 <.001 –0.160 –0.088 0.005 0.018 .77 –0.029 0.040 0.029 0.019 .12 –0.007 0.065

Accident –0.040 0.012 .001 –0.064 –0.016 –0.014 0.013 .29 –0.039 0.012 –0.036 0.012 .002 –0.059 –0.013

Disability –0.017 0.011 .14 –0.039 0.005 –0.077 0.016 <.001 –0.109 –0.045 –0.050 0.018 .005 –0.085 –0.015

BMI 0.047 0.013 <.001 0.021 0.073 0.099 0.013 <.001 0.072 0.125 0.071 0.014 <.001 0.045 0.098

aβ: standardized regression weights.

bSignificant pathways in italic font.

cNot applicable.