Table 1.

Selected characteristics of study participants and proportion of respondents reporting dental care receipt within the preceding 24 months.

Characteristic	N	group %	% saw dentist < 24 months prior	p-value^*
Predisposing characteristics:
Age				0.376
19 to <35	90	15.2%	27.8%
35 to <45	230	38.8%	37.4%
45 to <55	217	36.6%	35.0%
>=55	56	9.4%	30.4%
Sex				0.633
Female	173	29.2%	32.9%
Male	420	70.8%	35.0%
Race/ethnicity				0.005
Hispanic	170	28.7%	41.8%
White^a	79	13.3%	40.5%
Black^a	338	57.0%	28.7%
Other^a	6	1.0%	66.7%
Educational level				0.005
<High school	203	34.2%	31.0%
High school graduate	227	38.3%	30.0%
>High school	163	27.5%	44.8%
Cares for children under 18 years of age				0.357
No	473	79.8%	35.3%
Yes	120	20.2%	30.8%
Oral Health Knowledge:
How informed are you about how HIV affects your oral health compared to other HIV+ people?				0.185
Less informed	156	26.4%	30.1%
As well or better informed	436	73.6%	36.0%
Oral health problems cause other health problems for HIV patients				0.597
Disagree	20	3.4%	40.0%
Agree	566	96.6%	34.3%
People with HIV are more likely to have oral health problems				0.871
Disagree	57	9.7%	33.3%
Agree	529	90.3%	34.4%
Oral health is important				0.469
Disagree	1	0.2%	0%
Agree	590	99.8%	34.4%
Dental self-efficacy score (4-point scale)				0.824
low score (1–2)	36	6.1%	36.1%
high score (3–4)	557	93.9%	34.3%
Reported fear of dentists or dental procedures^b				0.755
No	159	62.4	31.4
Yes	96	37.6	33.3
Enabling characteristics:
Reported usual source of dental care when diagnosed HIV+				0.005
No	382	64.4%	30.4%
Yes	211	35.6%	41.7%
Has had help getting dental care since diagnosed HIV+				0.001
No	289	48.7%	28.0%
Yes	304	51.3%	40.5%
Currently has a case manager				0.38
No	13	2.2%	23.1%
Yes	572	97.8%	34.8%
Has had 5 or more HIV primary care visits in past 12 months				0.067
No	272	45.9%	30.5%
Yes	321	54.1%	37.7%
Received a referral to a dentist in past 12 months				0.226
No	369	72.8%	32.0%
Yes	138	27.2%	37.7%
Currently employed				0.015
No	456	76.9%	31.8%
Yes	137	23.1%	43.1%
Annual household income <=$5,000				0.083
No	297	50.5%	37.7%
Yes	291	49.5%	30.9%
Stable housing				0.005
No	164	27.7%	25.6%
Yes	429	72.3%	37.8%
Social support scale				0.181
less than strongly/very strongly agree	284	53.5%	31.3%
strongly/very strongly agree	247	46.5%	36.8%
Need characteristics:
OHIP-49: Reported one or more impacts at “fairly” or “very often” threshold				0.517
No	222	37.4%	36.0%
Yes	371	62.6%	33.4%
OHIP-49: Reported one or more impacts at “very often” threshold				0.177
No	338	57.0%	36.7%
Yes	255	43.0%	31.4%
Currently in need of dental care				0.890
No	100	16.9%	35.0%
Yes	493	83.1%	34.3%
Has lost permanent teeth due to decay and/or gum disease				0.939
No	144	24.3%	34.0%
Yes	448	75.7%	34.4%
Wears full or partial dentures				0.707
No	415	77.9%	33.7%
Yes	118	22.1%	35.6%

Chi-square test

Not of Hispanic origin

Among participants who did not have a usual source of dental care or did not get needed dental care in the past 12 months (n=255).