Factors influencing the use of public dental services: An application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour

Table 3 Multiple linear regression analysis to predict dental visiting intentions among adult public dental patients (n = 490)

Model^†	β^‡	SE^‡	P-value	Semi-partial correlation squared
(Constant)	1.402	0.702	0.046
Age	-0.002	0.005	0.742	0.020
Sex	-0.005	0.142	0.974	0.000
Direct attitude^#	0.425	0.103	0.000	3.125
Direct subjective norm^#	0.152	0.055	0.006	1.426
Direct self-efficacy^#	0.250	0.060	0.000	3.285
Direct perceived control^#	-0.103	0.049	0.035	0.843
Past dental attendance behaviour*
-Emergency attender	-0.084	0.167	0.617	0.047
-General attender	0.017	0.260	0.948	0.001
-Emergency and General attender	-0.022	0.196	0.912	0.002
F(9,457) = 8.053 (P < 0.0001) ^†Dependent variable = behavioural intentions mean score *Reference: Did not visit within the 3 1/2 year period ^‡unstandardised ^#mean score
Step	R	R ²	Adjusted- R ²
1^¥	0.093	0.009	0.007
2^§	0.097	0.009	0.005
3^{^}	0.298	0.089	0.083
4^¶	0.316	0.100	0.092
5^∞	0.350	0.122	0.113
6^≈	0.361	0.130	0.119
7⁺	0.370	0.137	0.120

^¥Age
^§Age, Sex
^{a^}Age, Sex, Direct attitude
^¶Age, Sex, Direct attitude, Direct subjective norm
^∞Age, Sex, Direct attitude, Direct subjective norm, Direct self-efficacy
^≈Age, Sex, Direct attitude, Direct subjective norm, Direct self-efficacy, Direct perceived control
⁺Age, Sex, Direct attitude, Direct subjective norm, Direct self-efficacy, Direct perceived control, Past behaviour

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