Table 1 Outcome and independent variables used in the study
Variable | Presentation |
|---|---|
Outcomea | |
To have sought dental appointments in Primary Health Care in the past 12 months | Yes or No It means that the patient has sought dental service in public Primary Health Care in the past 12 months |
Individual independent variables (of patients)a | |
Gender | male or female |
Age | in full years |
Marital status | single, married or in a common-law marriage, divorced, or legally separated, widowed |
Self-declared ethnicity | white, black, yellow, brown/mixed-race or indigenous |
Education | illiterate, literate, incomplete elementary school, complete elementary school, incomplete high school, complete high school, incomplete higher education, complete higher education, postgraduate |
Family income | Total amount in Reais (R$) |
Residents in the household. | in numbers |
Contextual independent variables (of the Oral Health teams- OHTs)a | |
Total family health teams (FHTs) assisted by an OHT | Number of assisted teams |
Frequency at which the OHT attends to users outside the coverage area | Every day, some days of the week, never |
The OHT has a territory map | Yes or No |
The OHT plans its actions | Yes or No |
The OHT participates in meetings together with the FHT | Yes or No |
The OHT investigates the epidemiological profile of the population from the territory | Yes or No |
The OHT discusses cases and therapeutic projects | Yes or No |
The OHT performs a self-assessment process | Yes or No |
Self-assessment instrument used | printed AMAQ; electronic AMAQ; AMQ; Instrument developed by the municipality / team; Instrument developed by the State; another assessment tool |
Clinical dental file comprises the user’s medical record | Yes or No |
The OHT performs actions that are articulated with other social facilities in the territory | Yes or No |
The OHT performs scheduled care service | Yes or No |
The OHT performs spontaneous search care service | Yes or No |
The OHT performs user embracement jointly with the Primary Care team | Yes or No |
Main form of scheduling the 1st dental appointment | at the Primary Health Care Unit reception (together with the scheduling for the other professionals); at the dental office (by the oral health team); by the Community Health Agent (ACS); others |