The Influence of Dentists’ Profile and Health Work Management in the Performance of Brazilian Dental Teams
Table 5
Beta values of the variables that showed statistical significance () in the adjusted multiple linear regression models, according to each Brazilian Geographical Region. 2013-2014.
Dentists profile and management items
Beta (CI 95%)
North ()
Northeast ()
Centre-west ()
Southeast ()
South ()
Graduate studies
0.107 (0.023–0.192)
0.133 (0.100–0.166)
0.146 (0.072–0.220)
0.140 (0.102–0.177)
0.124 (0.072–0.176)
Tutor undergraduate students
0.162 (0.098–0.226)
0.108 (0.023–0.193)
Hiring by public tender test
0.134 (0.095–0.174)
Civil servant
0.199 (0.114–0.284)
0.101 (0.026–0.176)
Local government direct contract
0.050 (0.002–0.098)
0.087 (0.017–0.158)
Career plan with progression for time of service
0.075 (0.005–0.144)
0.155 (0.100–0.210)
Career plan with progression for professional performance
0.124 (0.048–0.199)
Financial incentive for good performance
0.124 (0.084–0.164)
0.176 (0.082–0.270)
0.174 (0.113–0.235)
Continuing professional development training (1-8 activities)
0.090 (0.059–0.122)
0.092 (0.080–0.105)
0.104 (0.080–0.128)
0.064 (0.052–0.076)
0.066 (0.050–0.083)
PHC unit a trainee field for undergraduate and graduate students
0.070 (0.022–0.119)
0.078 (0.027–0.129)
0.119 (0.048–0.190)
Documents proving the monthly planning and scheduling of activities
0.080 (0.041–0.118)
0.077 (0.027–0.127)
Monitoring and analysis of population’s oral health indicators
0.195 (0.107–0.283)
0.127 (0.086–0.168)
0.145 (0.070–0.219)
0.164 (0.119–0.210)
0.097 (0.039–0.155)
Dental team receive support to plan and organise the labour process
0.165 (0.068–0.262)
0.059 (0.009–0.109)
Dental team have access to data to analyse population’s oral health status
0.118 (0.071–0.165)
0.106 (0.056–0.156)
0.150 (0.087–0.214)
Documents proving self-evaluation in the past six months
0.096 (0.05–0.187)
0.080 (0.046–0.114)
0.094 (0.020–0.167)
0.059 (0.020–0.099)
Dental team take part in the PHC team meetings
0.063 (0.026–0.099)
0.108 (0.031–0.186)
0.050 (0.011–0.089)
0.102 (0.044–0.160)
Flexible dental appointment list (scheduled and walk in patients)
0.232 (0.118–0.347)
0.298 (0.245–0.351)
0.231 (0.122–0.340)
0.156 (0.088–0.224)
0.240 (0.147–0.333)
Scheduling of dental appointments at any day and time
0.100 (0.016–0.185)
0.091 (0.053–0.128)
0.106 (0.057–0.155)
Referral for secondary care
0.095 (0.057–0.133)
0.191 (0.115–0.268)
0.214 (0.163–0.246)
0.126 (0.058–0.194)
Number of PHC teams the dental team assist (1-9)
0.117 (0.015–0.218)
Quantitative variables. Note: the table presents only the variables that showed statistical significance () in the adjusted multiple linear regression model of each Brazilian Geographical Region. The variables “master’s degree/doctoral studies,” “career plan,” “career plan with progression for titles and professional improvement,” and “time the dentist works in the dental team (two years or less at the dental team)” were excluded from the adjusted model of all regions and are not presented in the table above.
