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Table 4 Results of the multilevel logistic regression models for the outcome “seeking for dental appointment scheduling in Primary Health Care Unit” (n = 85,231 participants from 22,475 teams), Brazil, 2017

From: Indicators for dental appointment scheduling in primary health care: a national cross-sectional study

Variables

Crude Analyses

Final multilevel model

Coefficient

Standard error

Crude OR

95% CI)

p-value

Coefficient

Standard error

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

p-value

Individual level

 Gender

  Female

(Ref. = male)

0.32

0.02

1.38

(1.34–1.43)

< 0.0001

0.11

0.02

1.12

(1.07–1.16)

< 0.0001

 Age

        

  Up to 42 years

(Ref. > 42 years)

0.86

0.01

2.37

(2.31–2.44)

< 0.0001

0.71

0.02

2.03

(1.96–2.10)

< 0.0001

 Marital status

        

  Single

(Ref. = married)

0.18

0.02

1.20

(1.16–1.24)

< 0.0001

  Separated

(Ref. = married)

−0.30

0.03

0.74

(0.70–0.78)

< 0.0001

  Widowed

(Ref. = married)

− 0.82

0.03

0.44

(0.42–0.47)

< 0.0001

 Self-declared ethnicity

        

  Black

(Ref. = white)

0.20

0.02

1.23

(1.17–1.29)

< 0.0001

0.12

0.03

1.12

(1.07–1.19)

< 0.0001

  Yellow

(Ref. = white)

0.22

0.04

1.25

(1.15–1.36)

< 0.0001

0.03

0.05

1.03

(0.94–1.13)

0.5740

  Brown

(Ref. = white)

0.25

0.02

1.29

(1.25–1.33)

< 0.0001

0.09

0.02

1.10

(1.06–1.14)

< 0.0001

  Indigenous

(Ref. = white)

0.33

0.08

1.39

(1.20–1.61)

< 0.0001

0.19

0.09

1.21

(1.02–1.44)

0.0317

 Level of schooling

(Ref. Complete Elementary School)

0,37

0.01

1.44

(1.40–1.48)

< 0.0001

0.11

0.02

1.12

(1.08–1.16)

< 0.0001

 Family income

(Ref. > R$980)

0,32

0.02

1.37

(1.33–1.42)

< 0.0001

0.24

0.02

1.27

(1.23–1.31)

< 0.0001

 People in the family

(Ref. ≤3)

0,46

0.01

1.58

(1.54–1.63)

< 0.0001

0.33

0.02

1.39

(1.35–1.44)

< 0.0001

Contextual level (Teams)

 Number of assisted FHTs

(Ref. > 1)

0.34

0.02

1.40

(1.36–1.46)

< 0.0001

0.25

0.03

1.29

(1.23–1.36)

< 0.0001

 Frequency at which the OHT attends to users outside the area

  Some days

(Ref. = daily)

0.08

0.01

1.09

(1.06–1.12)

< 0.0001

0.07

0.02

1.07

(1.03–1.11)

0.0004

  Never

(Ref. = daily)

0.06

0.03

1.06

(1.00–1.12)

0.0412

0.10

0.04

1.11

(1.03–1.19)

0.0067

 Territory map

(Ref. = no)

0.19

0.02

1.21

(1.16–1.25)

< 0.0001

 Planning of actions

(Ref. = no)

0.16

0.01

1.17

(1.14–1.20)

< 0.0001

 Meetings together with the FHT

(Ref. = no)

0.25

0.02

1.28

(1.24–1.32)

< 0.0001

0.12

0.02

1.13

(1.08–1.19)

< 0.0001

 Investigation of the epidemiological profile

(Ref. = no)

0.19

0.01

1.21

(1.18–1.24)

< 0.0001

0.11

0.02

1.12

(1.07–1.16)

< 0.0001

 Disses cases and therapeutic projects

(Ref. = no)

0.15

0.01

1.16

(1.13–1.19)

< 0.0001

0.08

0.02

1.08

(1.04–1.13)

0.0003

 Self-evaluation process

(Ref. = no)

0.18

0.02

1.20

(1.16–1.25)

< 0.0001

 Instrument used

  Printed AMAQ

(Ref. = electronic AMAQ)

0.10

0.02

1.11

(1.07–1.14)

< 0.0001

  AMQ

(Ref. = electronic AMAQ)

−0.00

0.10

1.00

(0.82–1.22)

0.9963

  Municipality instrument

(Ref. = electronic AMAQ)

−0.12

0.05

0.89 (0.80–0.98)

0.0257

  State instrument

(Ref. = electronic AMAQ)

−0.24

0.12

0.79 (0.62–1.00)

0.0538

  Another instrument

(Ref. = electronic AMAQ)

−0.08

0.06

0.93 (0.82–1.05)

0.2283

 Clinical dental file integrated with medical record

(Ref. = no)

0,26

0.02

1.29 (1.25–1.33)

< 0.0001

0.19

0.02

1.21

(1.15–1.26)

< 0.0001

 Articulated actions

(Ref. = no)

0,21

0.02

1.23

(1.17–1.29)

< 0.0001

0.09

0.03

1.10

(1.03–1.18)

0.0068

 Programmed care

(Ref. = no)

0,16

0.05

1.17

(1.06–1.29)

0.0013

 Attends to spontaneous search

(Ref. = no)

0,15

0.05

1.16

(1.05–1.28)

0.0033

 Joint user embracement

(Ref. = no)

0,28

0.02

1.32

(1.27–1.37)

< 0.0001

0.14

0.02

1.15

(1.10–1.21)

< 0.0001

 Scheduling

  At the reception

(Ref. = at the office)

0,13

0,02

1,14

(1,11-1,18)

< 0,0001

  Through the CHA

(Ref. = at the office)

0,25

0,02

1,28

(1,23-1,33)

< 0,0001

  Another type

(Ref. = at the office)

−0,20

0,05

0,82

(0,74-0,91)

0,0003

  Akaike Information Criterion (AICc)

  

90.952,17

90.146.69

  1. QIC Quasi-likelihood Criterion (empty model): 115.923,22. OR Odds ratio, CI confidence interval