Table 3 Associations between oral health behaviors and the psychosocial measures
Psychosocial | Tooth brushing | Dental visits | Barriers to oral health care | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Once N = 212 Mean (SD) | Twice or more N = 59 Mean (SD) | pt | No N = 242 Mean (SD) | Yes N = 29 Mean (SD) | pt | Dental anxiety N = 125 Mean (SD) | Social N = 42 Mean (SD) | Distance N = 25 Mean (SD) | Cost N = 68 Mean (SD) | Self-perceived N = 11 Mean (SD) | pa |
Disfigurement | 6.6 (1.1) | 4.5 (1.5) | < 0.001 | 6.4 (1.2) | 4.0 (1.4) | < 0.001 | 6.7 (1.1)A | 6.1 (1.5) | 6.0 (1.4) | 5.7 (1.7) | 4.6 (1.9) | < 0.0011 |
SWAP | 67.7 (5.7) | 57.6 (7.9) | < 0.001 | 66.9 (6.3) | 54.5 (7.5) | < 0.001 | 67.7 (5.9)E | 65.1 (7.5) | 64.6 (7.4) | 63.5 (8.4) | 58.5 (10.4) | < 0.0011 |
HADS | ||||||||||||
 Anxiety | 13.9 (3.1) | 13.1 (3.4) | 0.86 | 13.8 (3.2) | 13.4 (2.8) | 0.52 | 13.9 (2.8) | 14.1 (3.3) | 13.4 (3.4) | 13.8 (3.5) | 11.2 (3.2) | 0.81 |
 Depression | 14.0 (4.0) | 13.6 (4.0) | 0.27 | 14.2 (4.4) | 14.3 (3.8) | 0.85 | 14.1 (3.9) B | 15.4 (4.7)C | 12.0 (4.5)D | 15.0 (4.5) | 12.3 (3.4) | 0.0072 |
RSES | 12.8 (1.6) | 14.4 (2.1) | < 0.001 | 12.9 (1.7) | 15.2 (2.0) | < 0.001 | 12.9 (1.7)F | 12.9 (1.4)G | 13.7 (1.9) | 13.6 (2.1) | 14.6 (1.8) | 0.0032 |
MSPSS | 4.6 (0.8) | 5.4 (0.5) | < 0.001 | 4.7 (0.8) | 5.6 (0.2) | < 0.001 | 4.7 (0.7) | 4.8 (0.9) | 4.7 (0.8) | 4.9 (0.8) | 5.4 (0.6) | 0.99 |
BRS | 2.9 (0.1) | 2.9 (0.1) | 0.24 | 2.9 (0.1) | 2.9 (0.1) | 0.73 | 2.9 (0.1) | 3.0 (0.2) | 3.0 (0.2) | 3.0 (0.1) | 3.0 (0.1) | 0.31 |