Table 2.

Factor analysis of Stages of Change in Oral Health subscales

Item	Subscale
	Openness	Value	Inconvenience	Permissiveness
I would go to the dentist if told to do so	0.67
I get advice on taking care of myself during pregnancy	0.76
I feel comfortable asking about ways to take care of myself during pregnancy	0.83
It is easy for me to get answers about ways to take care of myself during pregnancy	0.76
Keeping my teeth healthy is important to me		0.82
I benefit a lot when I clean my teeth		0.80
I like the idea of a dentist working on my teeth		0.69
I believe going to the dentist would help my teeth		0.64
It is easy for me to forget to brush my teeth			0.70
It would be hard stop snacking on sweet foods and drinks			0.65
I don’t have time to brush every morning and every night			0.77
It is easier to drink sweet drinks than water			0.63
It would be hard to change how often I brush my teeth			0.65
It is easy to sleep at night without brushing my teeth			0.75
It makes me feel good when I eat or drink something sweet				0.68
Everyone I care about eats or drinks a lot of sweet things				0.64
I feel mean if I don’t allow children to have sweet food				0.76
I don’t like the taste of drinks that are not sweet				0.74
Eigenvalue	2.29	2.20	2.96	1.99
Variance accounted for (%)	59.2	55.1	49.4	49.6
Internal reliability (Cronbach’s alpha)	0.73	0.71	0.79	0.66