Table 3.
Multiple logistic regression models (n = 187)
| Asking the patient about anxiety | Asking the patient about the efficacy of anaesthesia | Asking the patient about pain provoked by procedure | Informing the patient about the possibility of postoperative pain | Considering the necessity for a painkiller prescription | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | P | OR | 95% CI | P | OR | 95% CI | P | OR | 95% CI | P | OR | 95% CI | P | |
| Gender | |||||||||||||||
| Female | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0.67 | 0.35–1.30 | 0.239 | 1.76 | 0.83–3.74 | 0.139 | 1.69 | 0.66–4.36 | 0.275 | 0.33 | 0.14–0.80 | 0.014 | 0.90 | 0.45–1.81 | 0.769 |
| Year of study | |||||||||||||||
| Sixth | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Fourth | 1.73 | 0.75–4.01 | 0.200 | 2.79 | 1.19–6.57 | 0.018 | 5.07 | 1.81–14.17 | 0.002 | 2.66 | 0.98–7.23 | 0.055 | 0.997 | 0.43–2.29 | 0.994 |
| Fifth | 1.78 | 0.74–4.30 | 0.198 | 3.16 | 1.28–7.81 | 0.013 | 5.74 | 1.90–17.33 | 0.002 | 3.74 | 1.19–11.76 | 0.023 | 1.49 | 0.59–3.71 | 0.396 |
| PEDP | |||||||||||||||
| No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Yes | 2.40 | 1.25–4.61 | 0.009 | 1.93 | 0.93–4.01 | 0.078 | 1.71 | 0.69–4.20 | 0.245 | 0.83 | 0.34–2.00 | 0.680 | 0.51 | 0.25–1.03 | 0.060 |
| Presence of dental anxiety* | |||||||||||||||
| No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Yes | 0.84 | 0.41–1.70 | 0.622 | 1.42 | 0.62–3.24 | 0.408 | 0.97 | 0.36–2.64 | 0.959 | 0.80 | 0.30–2.14 | 0.662 | 1.27 | 0.58–2.79 | 0.545 |
*
Modified Dental Anxiety Scale MDAS) score ≥ 11.
Bold values indicate statistical significance at the 0.05 level.
For each logistic regression, the event modelled was having reported high-frequency behaviour (HFB).95% CI, 95% confidence interval; LFB, low-frequency behaviour; OR, odds ratio; PEDP, personal experience of dental pain.