Table 5.
Use of dental care regressed upon predisposing, enabling and need related factors: Odds ratios (OR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (95% CI)
| Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Step 1 Predisposing factors | Total sample | KDTH | UST |
| Travelling outside Sudan | |||
| Yes | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| No | 0.8 (0.6-1.0) | 0.8 (0.6-1.2) | 0.7 (0.4-1.1) |
| Travelling inside Sudan: | |||
| Yes | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| No | 0.5 (0.4-0.8) | 0.5 (0.3-0.8) | 0.6 (0.3-1.2) |
| Gender: | |||
| Male | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Female | 2.0 (1.5-2.4) | 1.9 (1.3-2.6) | 2.1 (1.4-3.2) |
| Hospital: | |||
| UST | 1 | ||
| KDTH | 0.8 (0.5-0.9) | ||
| Nagelkerke's R2 = 0.069 | |||
| Step II Enabling factors | |||
| Knowledge HIV transmission: | |||
| Low | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| High | 0.6 (0.4-0.8) | 0.7 (0.5-1.1) | 0.5 (0.3-0.7) |
| Perceived personal risk: | |||
| Low | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| High | 1.3 (1.1-1.6) | 1.2 (0.8-1.6) | 1.3 (0.9-2.0) |
| Experience HIV/AIDS: | |||
| Low | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| High | 0.7 (0.5-0.8) | 0.6 (0.4-0.9) | 0.8 (0.5-1.3) |
| Attitudes towards HIV | |||
| infected people: | |||
| Negative | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Positive | 1.3 (1.0-1.6) | 1.3 (0.9-1.7) | 1.2 (0.8-1.8) |
| Nagelkerke's R2 = 0.104 | |||
| Step III Need related factors | |||
| DMFT: 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| DMFT>0 | 4.8 (1.9-12.4) | 2.1 (0.6-7.1) | 14.9 (3.1-72.1) |
| Teeth condition: | |||
| Bad | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Good | 0.5 (0.3-0.5) | 0.4 (0.2-0.5) | 0.5 (0.3-0.8) |
| Health condition: | |||
| Bad | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Good | 1.9 (1.4-2.5) | 2.7 (1.8-3.9) | 0.9 (0.5-1.5) |
| Nagelkerke's R2 = 0.168 |
* Controlled for age