Table 6.
Frequencies, Percentages, And Group Comparison According To Age, Gender And Annual Income Of Responses To Willingness To Pay For Each Procedure Assessed (N = 200). Significance Level Set At p<0.05
Willingness To Pay; n (%) | Significance Between Groups According To The Following Categories (p<0.05) | |||||||
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Most Willing | Somewhat Willing | Neutral | Somewhat Unwilling | Most Unwilling | Age | Gender | Annual Income | |
Customized wires | 81 (40.5%) | 40 (20.0%) | 40 (20.0%) | 23 (11.5%) | 16 (8.0%) | 0.645 | 0.406 | 0.515 |
Corticotomies | 19 (9.5%) | 43 (21.5%) | 39 (19.5%) | 18 (9.0%) | 81 (40.5%) | 0.418 | 0.055 | 0.113 |
FDA approved teeth vibrators | 47 (23.5%) | 60 (30.0%) | 53 (26.5%) | 19 (9.5%) | 21 (10.5%) | 0.109 | 0.688 | 0.002** |
Piezocision | 23 (11.5%) | 33 (16.5%) | 45 (22.5%) | 52 (26.0%) | 47 (23.5%) | 0.547 | 0.126 | 0.052 |
FDA approved drug injections | 54 (27.0%) | 36 (18.0%) | 61 (30.5%) | 23 (11.5%) | 26 (13.0%) | 0.837 | 0.258 | 0.017* |
Notes: No significant differences in responses between the groups according to age and gender were reported for all procedures (p>0.05). However, for the annual income, a significant difference in responses was reported for the FDA approved teeth vibrators (**p<0.01) and the FDA approved drug injections only (*p<0.05).