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Table 3 Covariates of interest and unadjusted associations of caregiver acceptance of silver diamine fluoride treatment (n = 495)

From: A survey of caregiver acculturation and acceptance of silver diamine fluoride treatment for childhood caries

Covariates of Interest

OR

95% CI

P Value

Sociodemographic characteristics

 Age group of pediatric patient

  < 6 years

–

–

–

–

  6 to < 9 years

0.31

0.18

0.53

< 0.001

  9+ years

0.63

0.31

1.37

0.218

 Gender of caregiver

  Male

–

–

–

–

  Female

0.60

0.33

1.04

0.077

 Age of caregiver (in years), continuous

1.02

0.99

1.04

0.236

 Education of caregiver

  Less than high school

–

–

–

–

  High school graduate

0.43

0.19

0.89

0.031

  Some college or more

0.60

0.26

1.26

0.199

 Ethnicity of caregiver

  Non-Hispanic

–

–

–

–

  Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano/a

2.43

1.39

4.45

0.003

  Puerto Rican

0.40

0.19

0.84

0.014

  Cuban, other Hispanic, Latino/a origin

1.01

0.48

2.27

0.980

Clinical assessments of child patients by dentists

 Decayed, missing, filled teeth total score (dmft or DMFT), continuous

1.06

1.02

1.12

0.007

 Operating room (OR) treatment needed

  No

–

–

–

–

  Yes

2.24

1.26

4.28

0.009

Acculturation characteristics of caregivers

 Caregiver born in the United States

  No

–

–

–

–

  Yes

1.26

0.82

1.94

0.284

 Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics (SASH) score, continuous

0.91

0.78

1.06

0.236

Perceived benefits and barriers of caregivers

 Likelihood of choosing silver diamine fluoride (SDF) treatment

  Very / somewhat unlikely

–

–

–

–

  Not sure

0.96

0.53

1.74

0.884

  Somewhat / very likely

4.88

2.84

8.42

< 0.001

 Concern regarding dark mark of SDF treatment

  Not concerned

–

–

–

–

  Moderately / slightly concerned

0.40

0.20

0.77

0.009

  Extremely / very concerned

0.14

0.07

0.27

< 0.001

 Comfort regarding SDF treatment

  Very / somewhat uncomfortable

–

–

–

–

  Neutral

2.44

1.41

4.26

0.001

  Somewhat / very comfortable

11.8

6.40

22.5

< 0.001

Perceived health-related knowledge of caregivers

 Understanding of SDF treatment

  Knows nothing / not enough / not sure

–

–

–

–

  Knows something

2.96

1.80

4.92

< 0.001

  Knows a lot

2.91

1.66

5.23

< 0.001

  1. For categorical variables, ORs are presented where the 1st level is the reference category
  2. For continuous variables (labeled as such), ORs are presented for a 1-unit increase
  3. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval