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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2011 Mar 29;39(5):433–448. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2011.00613.x

Table 3.

Impact of the Motivational Interviewing Intervention on Brushing Behaviors and Oral Health Practices at W3 Final Outcomes (n=582)

Brushes 2x
per day
Brushes 7
days per
week
Brushes 7
days at
bedtime
Provides
child
w/non
sugared
snacks
Always
gives child
healthy
meals
Checks
child for
pre
cavities
Makes
sure child
sees DDS
every 6
mos
Makes
sure child
brushes at
bedtime
Makes
sure child
brushes 2x
per day

Baseline Predictors (W2) OR p OR p OR p OR p OR p OR p OR p OR p OR p
Caregiver Change 1.47 0.28 0.51 0.43 0.49 0.16 * * 0.85 0.78 0.60 0.51 1.55 0.58 1.72 0.53
Neighborhood Disadvantage
 Lowest ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref
0.74 0.35 0.94 0.84 0.98 0.95 2.17 0.20 1.25 0.78 0.96 0.88 1.10 0.74 0.70 0.23 0.85 0.59
1.00 1.00 1.07 0.79 1.58 0.17 1.39 0.55 1.51 0.50 1.55 0.19 2.87 0.01 1.50 0.22 1.62 0.21
 Highest 0.93 0.79 0.92 0.79 1.07 0.79 1.62 0.57 2.04 0.45 1.01 0.97 1.47 0.33 1.63 0.23 1.59 0.18
Child Dental Visit Since W1 0.56 0.02 1.01 0.97 0.72 0.18 0.70 0.49 1.68 0.38 1.33 0.15 1.87 0.02 0.69 0.19 0.66 0.12
Brushes 2x per day 2.53 0.00 0.86 0.56 0.89 0.70 1.74 0.35 1.64 0.38 1.17 0.54 1.41 0.28 2.06 0.00 2.08 0.02
Brushes 7 days at bedtime 1.36 0.42 2.13 0.06 2.57 0.00 0.38 0.10 0.87 0.80 0.80 0.43 1.10 0.81 1.51 0.28 1.13 0.77
Intervention Assignment
 MI + DVD 1.19 0.70 0.93 0.86 1.09 0.83 0.68 0.54 0.25 0.06 2.71 0.03 1.23 0.67 1.56 0.22 1.49 0.28
 DVD-only ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref
Self-efficacy
 Lowest ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref
1.63 0.15 0.73 0.39 1.29 0.54 0.93 0.91 1.20 0.81 3.91 0.00 1.12 0.78 1.99 0.05 1.75 0.17
1.55 0.33 1.51 0.42 2.94 0.00 1.09 0.93 4.25 0.17 2.25 0.03 1.75 0.16 1.81 0.18 1.77 0.20
 Highest 2.53 0.02 2.02 0.20 3.21 0.00 4.35 0.12 4.82 0.12 3.05 0.00 1.51 0.40 2.34 0.09 3.33 0.03
Self-Efficacy X Intervention
 DVD-only x Lowest Self-Efficacy ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref
 MI + Self-efficacy 2 0.85 0.77 1.47 0.44 2.41 0.14 2.14 0.34 4.39 0.24 0.19 0.01 0.64 0.44 0.72 0.48 0.66 0.53
 MI + Self-efficacy 3 0.97 0.96 1.13 0.85 0.67 0.48 0.88 0.93 1.98 0.66 0.55 0.30 0.82 0.72 0.92 0.91 1.20 0.80
 MI + Highest Self-efficacy 1.32 0.69 1.09 0.92 1.22 0.72 1.12 0.93 * 0.37 0.13 1.31 0.73 0.88 0.84 0.93 0.92