Oral Health Self-Management Ability and Its Influencing Factors among Adolescents with Fixed Orthodontics in China: A Mixed Methods Study

Table 4

Linear correlation analysis of general information of adolescent patients and their self-management ability scores in each dimension ().

Questionnaire score	Gender	Age	Duration of fixed appliance wear	Grade	Family type	Place of residence	Living situation	Primary caregiver
Total score	0.227^b	-0.114^a	-0.158^b	-0.163^b	0.035	-0.096	0.094	0.079
Knowledge dimension	0.101	-0.65	-0.168^b	-0.083	0.066	-0.151^a	0.089	0.125^a
Belief dimension	0.195^b	-0.253^b	-0.09	-0.250^b	-0.087	0.047	0.087	-0.037
Behavioral dimension	0.175^b	-0.129^a	-0.117^a	-0.157^b	0.06	-0.007	0.084	0.007
Environmental dimension	0.177^b	-0.108	-0.093	-0.105	-0.023	-0.037	0.095	0.054