Determining Cut-Off Points for the Dental Fear Survey

Table 3

Multinomial logistic regression model of independent variables for fear categories based on DFS cut-off points.

Variables	Not fearful/highly fearful		Low fearfulness/highly fearful
	OR/95% CI	value	OR/95% CI	value
Intercept		<0.001		0.001
Gender	1.63 (1.09–2.44)	0.019	1.15 (0.74–1.79)	0.520
Negative dental experience in childhood	5.09 (3.47–7.44)	<0.001	2.09 (1.41–3.11)	<0.001

Model adjusted for undergraduate course.
Reference = high fearful category.
Statistically significant results are given in bold.
OR = Odds Ratio.
CI = Confidence Interval.
value = probability value.