Covariates of Interest | OR | 95% CI | P Value | |
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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 |