Table 5.

Association of dentists’ sociodemographic profile with the clinical decision for the most appropriate treatment choice for the case scenarios (binary logistic regression)

	Estimated coefficients		95% Confidence interval		P	Likelihood ratio χ2	df	P
	Exp (B)	Standard error	Lower bound	Upper bound
Case 1
No associated factors found
Case 2
Number of child patients seen per week (1 = more than 10, 0 = less than 10)	2.04	0.32	1.09	3.80	0.025	4.98	1	0.026
Percentage of time working on adult patients (1 = less than 50%, 0 = more than 50%)	4.95	0.64	1.43	17.21	0.012
(Constant)	0.01	1.35			0.001
Case 3
Gender (1 = female, 0 = male)	3.44	0.63	1.01	11.77	0.049	5.10	1	0.024
(Constant)	0.01	1.20			0.000
Case 4
Dentists’ group (1 = PDs, 0 = GDPs)	6.93	0.55	2.38	20.21	0.000	5.99	1	0.014
Area in obtaining basic degree (1 = Hong Kong, 0 = elsewhere)	1.94	0.25	1.19	3.17	0.008
Number of child patients seen per week (1 = more than 10, 0 = less than 10)	2.27	0.35	1.15	4.48	0.018
(Constant)	0.01	1.29			0.000
Case 5
Area in obtaining basic degree (1 = Hong Kong, 0 = elsewhere)	0.54	0.26	0.32	0.90	0.018	5.45	1	0.020
Obtained postgraduate qualification (1 = Yes, 0 = No)	1.87	0.27	1.09	3.18	0.022
Number of child patients seen per week (1 = more than 10, 0 = less than 10)	2.60	0.32	1.40	4.82	0.002
(Constant)	0.14	0.70			0.006
Case 6
Dentists’ group (1 = PDs, 0 = GDPs)	4.80	0.56	1.60	14.38	0.005	10.20	1	0.001
(Constant)	0.42	1.10			0.004
Case 7
No associated factors found
Case 8
Percentage of time working on adult patients (1 = less than 50%, 0 = more than 50%)	2.78	0.51	1.02	7.57	0.046	4.68	1	0.031
(Constant)	0.09	1.00			0.014

PDs, paediatric dentists; GDPs, general dental practitioners.