Development and validation of the Oral health behavior questionnaire for adolescents based on the health belief model (OHBQAHBM)

Table 3 HBM factors for predicting favorable oral health behaviors

	B	SE	Wald statistics	OR (95% CI)	P
Predicting brushing twice daily (N = 412, Cox & Snell R² = 0.097, Nagelkerke R² = 0.160) Chi-square = 42.2, df = 6, p < 0.001
Perceived susceptibility	−0.16	0.17	0.91	0.85 (0.61–1.19)	0.34
Perceived benefits	0.14	0.25	0.31	1.14 (0.71–1.86)	0.58
Perceived barriers	−0.10	0.25	0.16	0.91 (0.56–1.47)	0.69
Cues to action	0.21	0.18	1.43	1.23 (0.88–1.74)	1.23
Perceived severity	0.14	0.20	0.48	1.15 (0.78–1.69)	0.49
Self-efficacy	0.86	0.17	25.98	2.36 (1.70–3.28)	< 0.001
Predicting weekly flossing behavior (N = 418, Cox & Snell R² = 0.069, Nagelkerke R² = 0.106) Chi-square = 30.0, df = 6, p < 0.001
Perceived susceptibility	−0.30	0.14	4.42	0.74 (0.56–0.98)	0.04
Perceived benefits	−0.01	0.22	0.001	0.99 (0.65–1.53)	0.98
Perceived barriers	−0.86	0.24	12.74	0.42 (0.26–0.68)	< 0.001
Cues to action	0.31	0.14	5.26	1.36 (1.05–1.77)	0.02
Perceived severity	−0.10	0.17	0.37	0.90 (0.65–1.26)	0.54
Self-efficacy	−0.02	1.14	0.01	0.98 (0.75–1.29)	0.91
Predicting regular dental visit (N = 419, Cox & Snell R² = 0.070, Nagelkerke R² = 0.098) Chi-square = 30.6, df = 6, p < 0.001
Perceived susceptibility	0.09	0.13	0.53	1.10 (0.86–1.41)	0.47
Perceived benefits	−0.21	0.19	1.15	0.81 (0.56–1.19)	0.28
Perceived barriers	−1.10	0.22	26.14	0.33 (0.22–0.51)	< 0.001
Cues to action	0.08	0.12	0.37	1.08 (0.85–1.37)	0.54
Perceived severity	−0.23	0.15	2.25	0.80 (0.59–1.07)	0.13
Self-efficacy	−0.16	0.12	1.71	0.85 (0.67–1.08)	0.19

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