One year of COVID-19 in dental health services in Norway: psychological impact, risk perceptions and vaccination status

Table 4 Associations between vaccination status and the latent constructs

Characteristics	Factor 1 Instability β (95% CI)	Factor 2 Infection β (95% CI)	Factor 3 Insecurity β (95% CI)
Vaccination status (ref: Not fully vaccinated
Fully vaccinated	0.03 (-0.05, 0.11)	-0.06 (-0.14, 0.02)	0.09 (0.01, 0.17)^*
Unknown status	0.01 (-0.07, 0.09)	0.09 (0.01, 0.17)^*	0.02 (-0.06, 0.10)
Sex (ref: Male)
Female	0.07 (-0.01, 0.14)	0.08 (0.003, 0.15)^*	0.04 (-0.03, 0.12)
Work experience in years (ref: 0–9)
≥ 10	-0.12 (-0.20, -0.05)^**	-0.07 (-0.14, 0.004)	-0.05 (-0.13, 0.02)
Profession (ref: Dentist)
Dental hygienist	0.01 (-0.07, 0.10)	-0.08 (-0.16, 0.04)	0.03 (-0.05, 0.12)
Dental assistant	0.05 (-0.04, 0.14)	-0.14 (-0.22, -0.05)^**	-0.05 (-0.13, 0.04)
Clinic manager (ref: No)
Yes	-0.01 (-0.09, 0.06)	-0.13 (-0.21, -0.06)^**	0.07 (-0.01, 0.14)
Size of dental clinic (ref: < 7)
≥ 7	0.02 (-0.05, 0.09)	-0.07 (-0.14, -0.002)^*	-0.03 (-0.10, 0.04)
Work sector (ref: Public)
Private	0.01 (-0.06, 0.08)	-0.14 (-0.21, -0.07)^**	-0.06 (-0.14, 0.01)
Adequate control equipment (ref: Other)
Agree/completely agree	0.05 (-0.03, 0.13)	0.01 (-0.07, 0.09)	0.05 (-0.03, 0.13)
Current situation (ref: Other)
Agree/completely agree	-0.07 (-0.15, 0.004)	-0.04 (-0.11, 0.03)	0.19 (0.12, 0.27)^**
Escalation (ref: Other)
Agree/completely agree	-0.11 (-0.20, -0.03)^**	-0.08 (-0.16, -0.002)^*	-0.02 (-0.10, 0.06)

*p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01. Standardized coefficients (β) were obtained from SEM analysis. CI = 95% confidence interval

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