Factors associated with oral health service utilization among young people in southern China

BMC Oral Health

Table 5 Logistic regression of oral health service utilization performed in the past 12 months

Variables	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Variables	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)
Predisposing factors
Gender (male)	0.72(0.49, 1.05)	0.72(0.484, 1.06)	0.75(0.49, 1.12)
Mother’s education (Low)
Medium	1.13 (0.74, 1.73)	0.93(0.60, 1.45)	0.89(0.56, 1.40)
High	1.29 (0.81, 2.04)	0.83(0.48, 1.42)	0.78(0.44, 1.36)
Beliefs
Knowledge, attitude and belief score > 8 (≤ 8)	2.21(1.27, 4.03)^**	2.04(1.16, 3.73)^*	1.84(1.02, 3.43)^*
Frequent dessert and candy consumption (< 2/day)	1.58(1.04, 2.40) ^*	1.52(0.99, 2.34)	1.44(0.94, 2.25)
Frequent sugary drinks consumption (< 2/day)	3.02(2.02, 4.55)^***	2.93(1.95, 4.45)^***	2.90(1.90, 4.47)^***
Frequent sweetened coffee or milk consumption (< 2/day)	0.72(0.48, 1.07)	0.73(0.48, 1.10)	0.73(0.47, 1.11)
Brushing frequency ≥ 2 /day (< 2/day)	2.38(1.46, 4.01)^***	2.41(1.46, 4.09)^***	2.09(1.24, 3.61)^**
Brushing duration ≥ 1 min (< 1 min)	1.25(0.63, 2.63)	1.31(0.64, 2.81)	1.15(0.55, 2.53)
Frequent flossing using (No)	3.02(1.50, 6.14)^**	3.22(1.54, 6.82)^**	2.63(1.21, 5.76)^*
Use of fluoride toothpaste (No)	0.88(0.60, 1.30)	0.89(0.60, 1.32)	0.81(0.54, 1.22)
Enabling Factors
Rural (Urban)		0.53(0.35, 0.81)^**	0.52(0.34, 0.80)^**
Living costs (No)
Medium		1.67(0.96, 2.96)	1.60(0.92, 2.86)
High		1.66(0.84, 3.33)	1.53(0.76, 3.15)
Only-child (No)		1.20(0.72, 1.99)	1.14(0.67, 1.93)
Need factors
Oral health status (good)
Fair			0.92(0.60, 1.41)
Poor			0.64(0.34, 1.21)
Caries (No)			2.07(1.35, 3.17)^***
Concern for the oral health (very concern)
Fair			0.48(0.31, 0.74)^***
No			0.26(0.08, 0.67)^**

Model 1: The predisposing factors were included in the logistic model for analysis
Model 2: The predisposing factors and enabling factors were included in the logistic model for analysis
Model 3: All variables were included in the logistic model analysis
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001

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