Table 3.
Descriptive values of Stages of Change in Oral Health subscales
| Openness* Four items Possible range 0–16; high scores = high openness | Value† Four items Possible range 0–16; high scores = high value | Inconvenience‡ Six items Possible range 0–24; high scores = high inconvenience | Permissiveness§ Four items Possible range 0–16; high scores = high permissiveness | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (95% CI) | 13.7 (13.4–14.0) | 14.6 (14.4–14.8) | 11.5 (11.0–12.0) | 8.8 (8.4–9.2) |
| SE | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.27 | 0.19 |
| Median | 15.0 | 16.0 | 12.0 | 9.00 |
| Mode | 16.0 | 16.0 | 12.0 | 6.00 |
| Range | 16.0 | 8.0 | 24.0 | 16.00 |
| Minimum | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Maximum | 16.0 | 16.0 | 24.0 | 16.00 |
| n lowest tertile (%) | 141 (31.8) | 107 (24.0) | 140 (31.6) | 139 (31.4) |
| n middle tertile (%) | 117 (26.4) | 100 (22.5) | 132 (29.8) | 150 (33.9) |
| n highest tertile (%) | 186 (41.9) | 238 (53.5) | 171 (38.6) | 154 (34.8) |
*
Openness: lowest tertile, 0–12; middle tertile, 13–15; highest tertile, 16.
†
Value: lowest tertile, 0–13; middle tertile, 14–15; highest tertile, 16.
‡
Inconvenience: lowest tertile, 0–8; middle tertile, 9–13; highest tertile, 14+.
§
Permissiveness: lowest tertile, 0–6; middle tertile, 7–10; highest tertile, 11+.
95% CI, 95% confidence interval; SE, standard error.