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Table 4 Determinants of refusal to treat patients with herpes labialis among participants, using binary regression

From: Herpes labialis and Nigerian dental health care providers: knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and refusal to treat

Variable

B

S.E.

Wald

OR

95 % CI

p-value

Age

0.995

0.818

1.479

2.704

0.544−13.431

0.224

Sex

0.308

-0.745

0.172

1.361

0.316−5.857

0.679

Marital status

-2.179

1.067

4.174

0.113

0.014−0.915

0.041

Professional status

-1.135

0.933

1.478

0.321

0.052−2.003

0.224

Overall knowledge

-1.510

1.053

2.057

0.221

0.0281−.739

0.151

General knowledge

1.710

1.084

2.490

5.527

0.661−46.225

0.115

Trigger knowledge

1.929

2.578

0.560

6.882

0.04−1076.210

0.454

Prevention knowledge

-0.722

2.606

0.077

0.486

0.003−80.226

0.782

Attitude

2.257

0.957

5.558

9.554

1.463−62.380

0.018

Behavior

20.752

10430.160

0.000

1.029E9

0.000−.

0.998

Constant

-45.131

20860.321

0.000

0.000

-

0.998

  1. Ref. age = ≤28 years; sex = male; marital status = unmarried; professional status = −undergraduate; overall knowledge = inadequate; general knowledge = inadequate; trigger knowledge = inadequate; prevention knowledge = inadequate; attitude = positive; behavior = inadequate
  2. OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval, B intercept, S.E. standard error, Wald Wald chi-square test