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Table 4 Factors predicting undesirable brushing behavior among students

From: Brushing behavior among young adolescents: does perceived severity matter

 

B

SE

Wald statistics

OR (95% CI)

P

Perceived susceptibility

-0.18

0.19

0.87

1.19 (0.83- 1.72)

0.35

Perceived subjective Severity

-0.07

0.22

0.11

0.93 (0.60- 1.44)

0.74

Perceived objective Severity

-0.99

0.29

11.42

0.37 (0.21- 0.66)

0.001

Perceived benefits

-0.11

0.26

0.17

0.90 (0.54-1.50)

0.68

Perceived psychological barriers

0.96

0.28

11.49

2.60 (1.50- 4.52)

0.001

Perceived physical barriers

0.04

0.16

0.06

0.96 (0.70- 1.32)

0.81

Self-efficacy

-0.13

0.30

0.20

0.88 (0.49- 1.57)

0.66