Dentists with enhanced skills (Special Interest) in Endodontics: gatekeepers views in London

Ghotane, Swapnil G.; Al-Haboubi, Mustafa; Kendall, Nick; Robertson, Claire; Gallagher, Jennifer E.

doi:10.1186/s12903-015-0085-8

BMC Oral Health

Table 2 Results of multivariate linear regression analysis for the five key categories

From: Dentists with enhanced skills (Special Interest) in Endodontics: gatekeepers views in London

Category	Reference	Effect	95 % Confidence Interval		P-value
Category	Reference	Effect	Lower Confidence Limit	Upper Confidence Limit	P-value
Confidence to undertake endodontic treatment
Female	Male	−1.57	−2.32	−0.83	0.001*
Years since qualification	^a	−0.03	−0.06	−0.06	0.14
Not aware of DwSI service	Aware of DwSI service	−0.84	−1.57	−0.12	0.02**
Not having Endo PG qualification	Having Endo PG qualification	−0.31	−1.93	1.32	0.71
Having other PG qualification	Having Endo PG qualification	2.38	0.08	4.69	0.04**
Training/Support for undertaking more endodontic treatment in NHS primary dental care
Female	Male	−0.70	−1.37	−0.03	0.04**
Years since qualification	^a	−0.06	−0.09	−0.03	0.001
Not aware of DwSI service	Aware of DwSI service	0.05	−0.60	0.70	0.89
Not having Endo PG qualification	Having Endo PG qualification	0.40	−1.06	1.86	0.59
Having other PG qualification	Having Endo PG qualification	1.09	−0.98	3.15	0.30
Dissatisfaction with endodontic service access
Female	Male	−0.02	−0.63	0.59	0.94
Years since qualification	^a	−0.04	−0.07	−0.01	0.007*
Not aware of DwSI service	Aware of DwSI service	0.48	−0.12	1.07	0.12
Not having Endo PG qualification	Having Endo PG qualification	−0.94	−2.27	0.39	0.17
Having other PG qualification	Having Endo PG qualification	−1.43	−3.32	0.46	0.14
Acceptability/Support for DwSI services
Female	Male	0.37	−0.16	0.90	0.17
Years since qualification	^a	−0.02	−0.04	0.01	0.15
Not aware of DwSI service	Aware of DwSI service	−0.14	−0.65	0.38	0.60
Not having Endo PG qualification	Having Endo PG qualification	−0.18	−1.33	0.97	0.76
Having other PG qualification	Having Endo PG qualification	−0.44	−2.07	1.20	0.60
Interest in training as an endodontic DwSI
Female	Male	−0.30	−0.67	0.07	0.11
Years since qualification	^a	−0.04	−0.06	−0.02	0.001*
Not aware of DwSI service	Aware of DwSI service	0.11	−0.25	0.48	0.54
Not having Endo PG qualification	Having Endo PG qualification	0.15	−0.67	0.96	0.72
Having other PG qualification	Having Endo PG qualification	0.85	−0.30	2.00	0.15

Note: ^awas a continuous variable. Higher scores indicate more confidence/support/dissatisfaction/acceptability/interest
Abbr. - PG: Post graduate; DwSI: Dentist with Special Interest; Endo: Endodontic
Note: *Significance at 1 % level (p<0.01)
**Significance at 5 % level (p<0.05)

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