Table 2.
Association between sociodemographic and economic factors, participation in educational activities, and perception of health and oral health by Brazilian and international academics. Redenção e Acarape, CE, Brazil, 2019.
| Variables | Participation in educational actions oral health n (%) | “Great/good” perception of oral health n (%) | Use of dental services n (%) | Types of dental servicesdn (%) | Last visit to the dentistdn (%) | p value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sim | Não | Sim | Não | Sim | Não | Publ.b | Priv.c | <1 ano | ≥1 ano | ||
| Nationality | |||||||||||
| Brazilians | 98 (66.22) | 50 (33.78) | 74 (50.00) | 74 (50.00) | 1482 (100.00) | — | 94 (63.51) | 54 (36.49) | 1053∗ (70.95) | 43 (29.05) | p < 0.05 |
| International | 73 (63.86) | 1291 (36.14) | 94 (46.53) | 108 (53.47) | 109 (53.96) | 93 (46.04) | 70 (64.22) | 39 (35.78) | 57 (52.29) | 52 (47.71) | |
| Sex | |||||||||||
| Female | 82 (55.03) | 67 (44.97) | 82 (55.03) | 67 (44.97) | 1206 (80.54) | 29 (19.46) | 76 (63.33) | 44 (36.67) | 78 (65.00) | 42 (35.00) | p < 0.05 |
| Male | 89 (44.28) | 1124 (55.72) | 86 (42.79) | 1155 (57.21) | 137 (68.16) | 64 (31.84) | 88 (64.23) | 49 (35.77) | 84 (61.31) | 53 (38.69) | |
| Age | |||||||||||
| ≤25 years | 122 (50.83) | 118 (49.17) | 126 (52.50) | 114 (47.50) | 1878∗ (77.92) | 53 (22.08) | 118 (63.10) | 69 (36.90) | 114 (60.96) | 73 (39.04) | p < 0.05 |
| >25 years | 49 (44.55) | 61 (55.45) | 427∗ (38.18) | 68 (61.82) | 70 (63.64) | 40 (36.36) | 46 (65.71) | 24 (34.29) | 48 (68.57) | 22 (31.43) | |
| Incomea | |||||||||||
| ≤1 MW | 114 (47.11) | 128 (52.89) | 112 (46.28) | 130 (53.89) | 163 (67.36) | 79 (32.64) | 11510∗ (70.55) | 48 (29.45) | 107 (65.64) | 56 (34.36) | p < 0.05 |
| >1 MW | 57 (52.78) | 51 (47.22) | 56 (51.85) | 52 (48.15) | 94 (87.04) | 149∗ (12.96) | 49 (52.13) | 45 (47.87) | 55 (58.51) | 39 (41.49) | |
| Place of residence | |||||||||||
| Countryside | 50 (50.00) | 50 (50.00) | 47 (47.00) (53.00) | 53 (53.00) | 80 (80.00) (20.00) | 20 (20.00) | 5811∗∗ (72.50) | 22 (27.50) | 58 (72.50) | 22 (27.50) | p < 0.05 |
| Urban area | 121 (48.40) | 129 (51.60) | 121 (48.40) | 129 (51.60) | 177 (70.80) | 73 (29.20) | 106 (59.89) | 71 (40.11) | 10412 (58.76) | 73 (41.24) | |
| Participation in educational actions of oral health | |||||||||||
| — | — | 95 (55.56) | 76 (44.44) | 14714 (85.96) | 24 (14.04) | 10415 (70.75) | 43 (29.25) | 98 (66.67) | 49 (33.33) | p < 0.05 | |
| No | — | — | 73 (40.78) | 10613 (59.22) | 110 (61.45) | 69 (38.55) | 60 (54.55) | 50 (45.45) | 64 (58.18) | 46 (41.82) | |
| “Great/good” perception of oral health | |||||||||||
| Yes | 95 (56.55) | 73 (43.45) | — | — | 122 (72.62) (27.38) | 46 (27.38) | 83 (68.03) (31,97) | 39 (31.97) | 87 (71.31) | 3517∗ (28.69) | p < 0.05 |
| No | 76 (41.76) | 10616 (58.24) | — | — | 135 (74.18) | 47 (25.82) | 81 (60.00 | 54 (40.00) | 75 (55.56) | 60 (44.44) | |
aMW-minimum wage (2019) which is R$ 998.00; bPubl.-public; cPriv.-private; ∗ Pearson's chi-square test; ∗∗Fisher's exact test; 1p=0.001; 2p=0.001; 3p=0.002; 4p=0.046; 5p=0.023;6p=0.009; 7p=0.012; 8p=0.004; 9p=0.001; 10p=0.003; 11p=0.034; 12p=0.034; 13p=0.003; 14p=0.001; 15p=0.007;16p=0.005; and 17p=0.008. d Variable values based on a sample of 257 participants who used dental services.