Is It Mum or the Dad? Parental Factors That Influence the Use and Acceptance of Fluoride Varnish among Parents in Eastern Saudi Arabia

Table 4

Factors associated with the acceptance or rejection of fluoride varnish between fathers and mothers.

Study variables		Father’s acceptance or rejection				Study variables			Mother’s acceptance or rejection
		Yes (%)	No (%)		P value				Yes (%)	No (%)	value
Father’s age	Under 25 years	100.0		0.0	0.399	Mother’s age	Under 25 years		50.0	50.0	0.02
	25–30 years	33.3		66.7			25–30 years		43.3	56.7
	31–40 years	50.0		50.0			31–40 years		65.6	34.4
	41–50 years	55.2		44.8			41–50 years		55.6	44.4
	Over 50 years	40.4		59.6			Over 50 years		45.5	54.5
Nationality	Saudi	44.0		56.0	0.249	Nationality		Saudi	52.2	47.8	0.305
	Non-Saudi	66.7		33.3				Non-Saudi	59.3	40.7
Father’s educational level	Uneducated	30.8		69.2	0.443	Mother’s educational level		Uneducated	54.2	45.8	0.017
	Diploma	43.1		56.9				Diploma	44.6	55.4
	University education and above	48.8		51.3				University education and above	58.5	41.5
Family’s income	Low-income level (>5000 riyals per month)	20.0		80.0	0.037	Family’s income		Low-income level (>5000 riyals per month)	51.1	48.9	0.069
	Middle income (lower middle and upper middle from 5000 to 20,000 riyals per month)	51.2		48.8				Middle income (lower middle and upper middle from 5000 to 20,000 riyals per month)	49.6	50.4
	High income (more than 20,000 riyals per month)	50.0		50.0				High income (more than 20,000 riyals per month)	64.6	35.4
	Not sure	29.4		70.6				Not sure	47.7	52.3
Works in the medical field	Yes	65.2		34.8	0.029	Works in the medical field		Yes	73.8	26.2	0.001
	No	41.5		58.5				No	49.1	50.9
The number of children	One child	34.8		65.2	0.393	The number of children		One child	52.3	47.7	0.553
	Two or three children	52.8		47.2				Two or three children	56.6	43.4
	More than three children	44.3		55.7				More than three children	50.8	49.2
Do you find dental visits stressful	Yes	64.4		35.6	0.007	Do you find dental visits stressful		Yes	60.1	39.9	0.024^∗
	No	36.4		63.6				No	46.6	53.4
	Not sure	42.9		57.1				Not sure	54.5	45.5
Do you visit the dentist regularly?	Yes	48.9		51.1	0.096	Do you visit the dentist regularly?		Yes	52.5	47.5	0.0001
	No	48.4		51.6				No	61.0	39.0
	Not sure	25.9		74.1				Not sure	19.6	80.4
Source of FV knowledge	Social media	10.8		2.2	0.0001	Source of FV knowledge		Social media	12.0	16.1	0.0001
	Internet	2.7		1.1				Internet	4.6	5.5
	Dentist	36.5		8.8				Dentist	36.1	10.6
	Friends	5.4		2.2				Friends	10.8	3.7
	No knowledge	44.6		85.7				No knowledge	36.5	64.1
Overall knowledge	Poor knowledge	29.4		70.6	0.0001	Overall knowledge		Poor knowledge	38.3	61.7	0.0001
	Good knowledge	84.8		15.2				Good knowledge	73.9	26.1