Oral Hygiene Practices and Associated Factors among Patients Visiting Private Dental Clinics at Hawassa City, Southern Ethiopia, 2018

Table 4

Factors associated with oral hygiene practices among patients in dental clinics, Hawassa City Administration, Southern Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 383).

Variables	Category	Practice		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		Poor	Good
Sex	Male	92	112	1.59 (1.05–2.40)	1.63 (1.053, 2.523)
	Female	61	118	1.00	1.00
Age in years	<18 years	9	15	0.89 (0.382, 2.102)	0.722 (0.277, 1.880)
	≥18 years	144	215	1.00	1.00
Educational level	Below secondary	26	22	1.94 (1.053, 3.559)	1.77 (0.887, 3.543)
	Secondary and above	127	208	1.00	1.00
Average monthly household income in ETB	<5000	77	97	1.39 (0.921, 2.095)	1.13 (0.724, 1.749)
	≥5000	76	133	1.00	1.00
Employed	Yes	82	136	1.00	1.00
	No	9	22	1.25 (0.829, 1.892)	1.266 (0.797, 2.011)
Residence	Rural	28	10	4.93 (2.317, 10.481)	3.79 (1.724, 8.317)
	Urban	125	220	1.00	1.00
Knowledge	Poor	27	77	2.35 (1.428, 3.863)	2.38 (1.402, 4.024)
	Good	126	153	1.00	1.00

 = significant at value <0.05;  = significant at value = 0.001; COR = crude odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; AOR = adjusted odds ratio.