. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 25.

Published in final edited form as: Gerodontology. 2020 Dec 27;38(1):117–122. doi: 10.1111/ger.12522

TABLE 4.

Self-efficacy of participants immediately before and right after the community health worker intervention (N = 74)

Likert Scale Item from the Exit Interview	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	P-value
Likert Scale Item from the Exit Interview	n (%)	n (%)	P-value
How confident (sure) do you feel that you are able to take good care of your mouth, teeth and gums?			<0.001
Not at all	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Not very confident	8 (11.4)	1 (1.4)
Somewhat confident	49 (70.0)	37 (53.6)
Very confident	13 (18.6)	31 (44.9)
How confident (sure) do you feel about asking your dentist or dental hygienist questions?			<0.001
Not at all	2 (2.9)	1 (1.4)
Not very confident	16 (23.2)	1 (1.4)
Somewhat confident	37 (53.6)	45 (64.3)
Very confident	14 (20.3)	23 (32.9)

Note: Categorical variables are presented as n (%). Percentages might not add to 100% due to rounding. Comparisons of categorical variables were made using Fisher’s exact test, which is more robust to small cell sizes than the chi-square test.