The Influence of Dentists’ Profile and Health Work Management in the Performance of Brazilian Dental Teams
Table 4
Simple linear regression and adjusted model using dental team performance as dependent variable and dentists’ profile and work management issues as independent variables. Brazil, 2013-2014.
Dentists profile and management items
Simple linear regression
Adjusted model
Std. error
stand.
Sig.
Std. error
stand.
Sig.
Confidence interval (95%)
VIF
Graduate studies
0.287
0.012
0.175
<0.001
0.151
0.011
0.092
<0.001
0.129–0.173
1.082
Tutor undergraduate students
0.479
0.020
0.174
<0.001
0.108
0.020
0.039
<0.001
0.069–0.147
1.213
Hiring by public tender test
0.179
0.012
0.109
<0.001
0.077
0.012
0.047
<0.001
0.054–0.101
1.241
Career plan with progression for time of service
0.378
0.016
0.172
<0.001
0.074
0.020
0.034
<0.001
0.035–0.113
1.899
Career plan with progression for professional performance
0.484
0.019
0.182
<0.001
0.128
0.024
0.048
<0.001
0.082–0.175
1.832
Financial incentive for good performance
0.328
0.014
0.169
<0.001
0.067
0.014
0.034
<0.001
0.040–0.094
1.162
Continuing professional development training (1-8 activities)
0.177
0.003
0.362
<0.001
0.101
0.004
0.206
<0.001
0.093–0.108
1.392
PHC unit a trainee field for undergraduate and graduate students
0.362
0.016
0.163
<0.001
0.058
0.016
0.026
<0.001
0.027–0.090
1.206
Documents proving the monthly planning and scheduling of activities
0.192
0.012
0.117
<0.001
0.044
0.011
0.027
<0.001
0.022–0.067
1.134
Monitoring and analysis of population’s oral health indicators
0.392
0.013
0.227
<0.001
0.132
0.013
0.076
<0.001
0.106–0.158
1.336
Dental team receive support to plan and organise the labour process
0.376
0.015
0.188
<0.001
0.054
0.016
0.027
0.001
0.023–0.085
1.478
Dental team have access to data to analyse population’s oral health status
0.391
0.013
0.211
<0.001
0.091
0.015
0.049
<0.001
0.061–0.120
1.568
Documents proving self-evaluation in the past six months
0.221
0.012
0.134
<0.001
0.070
0.012
0.042
<0.001
0.047–0.092
1.137
Dental team take part in the PHC team meetings
0.250
0.013
0.145
<0.001
0.040
0.012
0.023
0.001
0.017–0.063
1.100
Flexible dental appointment list (scheduled and walk in patients)
0.426
0.020
0.156
<0.001
0.281
0.018
0.103
<0.001
0.245–0.316
1.021
Scheduling of dental appointments at any day and time
0.190
0.012
0.116
<0.001
0.148
0.011
0.090
<0.001
0.126–0.169
1.011
Referral for secondary care
0.409
0.014
0.217
<0.001
0.174
0.013
0.092
<0.001
0.149–0.200
1.100
Number of PHC teams the dental team assist (1-9)
0.064
0.009
0.053
<0.001
0.038
0.008
0.031
<0.001
0.023–0.054
1.005
Quantitative variables. Note: the variables “master’s degree/doctoral studies,” “dentist’s employer (local government direct contract),” “career plan,” “career plan with progression for titles and professional improvement,” “employment bond (civil servant),” and “time the dentist work in the dental team (Two years or less at the dental team) were excluded from the adjusted model.
