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Table 3 The results of logistic regression analysis for predicting ‘referral’ of patients to DwSI services’

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

Outcome

Reference

Odds ratio

95 % Confidence Interval

P-value

Upper Confidence Limit

Lower Confidence Limit

Have you referred patients to DwSI service (n = 104)

  

Female

Male

0.95

0.39

2.29

0.91

Years since qualification

a

0.98

0.94

1.01

0.19

Not aware of DwSI service

Aware of DwSI service

0.23

0.07

0.72

0.01*

Not having Endo PG qualification

Having Endo PG qualification

0.76

0.11

5.11

0.78

Having other PG qualification

Having Endo PG qualification

1

-

-

-

  1. Note: awas a continuous variable
  2. Note: *Significance at 1 % level (p<0.01)