TABLE 4.

Logistic regression models showing relations between the four dimensions and background variables presented as odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Significant associations (p ≤ 0.05) are highlighted in grey

	External locus of Control	Internal locus of control	Oral health care beliefs	Self‐efficacy
	OR (95% CI) P	OR (95% CI) P	OR (95% CI) P	OR (95% CI) P
Workplace Special accommodation (ref) Home care	1.31 (0.79, 2.17) 0.291	0.57 (0.36, 0.88) 0.012	0.94 (0.56, 1.56) 0.802	0.72 (0.44, 1.16) 0.171
Position at work Licensed nurse/assistant nurse (ref) Unit manager/other	1.08 (0.60, 1.95) 0.797	0.74 (0.43, 1.27) 0.277	0.86 (0.46, 1.59) 0.624	0.62 (0.33, 1.15) 0.131
Education Elementary school (ref) Secondary school College/University	0.85 (0.41, 1.75) 0.658 0.88 (0.29, 2.69) 0.827	1.76 (0.80, 3.85) 0.160 2.32 (0.86, 6.22) 0.096	1.06 (0.48, 2.38) 0.882 2.16 (0.78, 5.92) 0.136	1.64 (0.70, 3.83) 0.253 1.06 (0.29, 3.82) 0.929
Basic oral care education	2.63 (1.38, 5.00) 0.003	1.47 (0–91, 2.36) 0.112	2.66 (1.40, 5.05) 0.003	0.66 (0.09, 4.73) 0.683
Follow up education in oral care	1.52 (0.87, 2.67) 0.142	1.15 (0.75, 1.76) 0.516	1.55 (0.91, 2.65) 0.108	1.55 (0.26, 9.30) 0.631
Form of employment Permanent (ref) Locum tenens	0.46 (0.14, 1.49) 0.198	0.89 (0.42, 1.87) 0.759	0.30 (0.07, 1.24) 0.096	0.82 (0.35, 1.91) 0.643
Working years <5 years (ref) 5–10 years >10 years	0.41 (0.10, 1.74) 0.227 2.29 (0.91, 5.80) 0.080	1.77 (0.68, 4.63) 0.242 2.45 (1.05, 5.73) 0.038	0.45 (0.13, 1.62) 0.225 1.91 (0.81, 4.50) 0.138	0.58 (0.25, 1.31) 0.188 0.75 (0.40, 1.42) 0.382
Age group <30 years (ref) 31–50 years >50 years	1.64 (0.60, 4.44) 0.335 2.24 (0.85, 5.92) 0.102	0.99 (0.56, 1.76) 0.977 0.73 (0.40, 1.34) 0.311	3.78 (0.86, 16.56) 0.077 8.88 (2.13, 37.06) 0.003	0.68 (0.37, 1.28) 0.236 0.63 (0.33, 1.18) 0.149
Gender Female (ref) Male	2.23 (1.14, 4.36) 0.019	1.19 (0.61, 2.33) 0.617	0.69 (0.25, 1.93) 0.481	0.26 (0.06, 1.06) 0.061