Table 2.
Dental practice and dentist characteristics associated with readiness to offer either tobacco or alcohol and other drug assistance
| Characteristic | Number of respondents |
Would offer assistance to tobacco users |
Would not offer assistance to tobacco users |
P valuea tobacco) |
Would offer assistance to alcohol/other drug (AOD) users |
Would not offer assistance to alcohol/other drug (AOD) users |
P valuea (AOD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | N (% of row) | ||||||
| Total population | 143 | 96 (67%) | 47 (33%) | -- | 75 (52%) | 68 (48%) | -- |
| Dentist Responder Characteristics | |||||||
| Age (years) | 143 | 96 (67%) | 47 (33%) | 0.505 | 75 (52%) | 68 (48%) | 0.400 |
| Gender | 0.736 | 0.840 | |||||
| Male | 100 | 68 (68%) | 32 (32%) | 53 (53%) | 47 (47%) | ||
| Female | 43 | 28 (65%) | 15 (35%) | 22 (51%) | 21 (49%) | ||
| Race/Ethnicity | 0.184 | 0.033 | |||||
| White | 99 | 63 (64%) | 36 (36%) | 46 (46%) | 53 (54%) | ||
| Non-White | 44 | 33 (75%) | 11 (25%) | 29 (66%) | 15 (34%) | ||
| Degree | 0.745 | 0.707 | |||||
| DDS | 80 | 56 (70%) | 24 (30%) | 45 (56%) | 35 (44%) | ||
| DMD | 63 | 40 (63%) | 23 (37%) | 30 (48%) | 33 (52%) | ||
| Provider Type | 4 | 0.291 | 0.634 | ||||
| Generalist | 130 | 89 (68%) | 1 (32%) | 69 (53%) | 61 (47%) | ||
| Specialist | 13 | 7 (54%) | 6 (46%) | 6 (46%) | 7 (54%) | ||
| Ownership Status | 0.513 | 0.139 | |||||
| Solo owner | 92 | 60 (65%) | 32 (35%) | 44 (48%) | 48 (52%) | ||
| Co- or non-owner | 51 | 36 (71%) | 15 (29%) | 31 (61%) | 20 (39%) | ||
| Barrier Score: Tobaccob | 143 | 96 (67%) | 47 (33%) | 0.005 | 75 (52%) | 68 (48%) | 0.039 |
| Mean | 12.1 | 11.5 | 13.3 | 11.5 | 12.8 | ||
| Standard Deviation | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | ||
| Range | 5–24 | 6–18 | 5–24 | 6–18 | 5–24 | ||
| Barrier Score: AODb | 143 | 96 (67%) | 47 (33%) | 0.056 | 75 (52%) | 68 (48%) | <.001 |
| Mean | 15.4 | 14.9 | 16.3 | 13.7 | 17.2 | ||
| Standard Deviation | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| Range | 6–25 | 6–25 | 10–25 | 6–22 | 10–25 | ||
| Dental Practice Characteristics | |||||||
| Practice Type | 0.190 | 0.636 | |||||
| General | 126 | 87 (69%) | 39 (31%) | 67 (53%) | 59 (47%) | ||
| Other | 17 | 9 (53%) | 8 (47%) | 8 (47%) | 9 (53%) | ||
| Practice Setting | 0.055 | 0.825 | |||||
| Urban | 43 | 35 (81%) | 8 (19%) | 24 (56%) | 19 (44%) | ||
| Suburban | 86 | 52 (60%) | 34 (40%) | 43 (50%) | 43 (50%) | ||
| Rural/Other | 14 | 9 (64%) | 5 (36%) | 8 (57%) | 6 (43%) | ||
| Practice Region | 0.469 | 0.870 | |||||
| Northeast | 100 | 69 (69%) | 31 (31%) | 52 (52%) | 48 (48%) | ||
| Other | 43 | 27 (63%) | 16 (37%) | 23 (53%) | 20 (47%) | ||
| Active Patients | 0.953 | 0.815 | |||||
| <1000 | 31 | 20 (65%) | 11 (35%) | 16 (52%) | 15 (48%) | ||
| 1000–1999 | 62 | 43 (69%) | 19 (31%) | 32 (52%) | 30 (48%) | ||
| ≥2000 | 50 | 33 (66%) | 17 (34%) | 27 (54%) | 23 (46%) | ||
| Number of full-time dentists | 0.863 | 0.830 | |||||
| 0–1 dentist | 85 | 56 (66%) | 29 (34%) | 45 (53%) | 40 (47%) | ||
| >1 dentist | 49 | 33 (67%) | 16 (33%) | 25 (51%) | 24 (49%) | ||
| Number of full-time hygienists | 0.963 | 0.567 | |||||
| 0–1 Hygienist | 81 | 53 (65%) | 28 (35%) | 41 (51%) | 40 (49%) | ||
| >1 hygienist | 41 | 27 (66%) | 14 (34%) | 23 (56%) | 18 (44%) | ||
| Patient Coverage: Medicaid | 0.023 | 0.006 | |||||
| <5% Medicaid | 104 | 64 (62%) | 40 (38%) | 47 (45%) | 57 (55%) | ||
| ≥5% Medicaid | 39 | 32 (82%) | 7 (18%) | 28 (72%) | 11 (28%) | ||
| Patient Coverage: Medicare | 0.022 | 0.091 | |||||
| <5% Medicare | 118 | 74 (63%) | 44 (37%) | 58 (49%) | 60 (51%) | ||
| ≥5% Medicare | 25 | 22 (88%) | 3 (12%) | 17 (68%) | 8 (32%) | ||
a
P values are based on univariate logistic regression using readiness to provide counseling and assistance for tobacco users or users of alcohol or other drugs as the dependent variable.
c
Barrier score indicates the sum of individual responses to barriers faced in addressing tobacco or alcohol/other drug use. Respondents were asked to rank their response on a 5-point Likert scale (1=strongly disagree, 5=strongly agree).