Dental Phobia among Pregnant Women: Considerations for Healthcare Professionals

Table 4

Multiple logistic regression final model (backward stepwise LR): association between various factors and dental phobia in pregnant women.

Study variables	Adjusted odds ratio (OR)	value
Age	0.63 (0.43, 0.93)	0.019
<30
≥30 years
Trimester pregnancy	1.57 (1.04, 2.38)	0.033
First trimester
Second and third trimesters
Had a bad experience in previous dental visit (s)	2.13 (1.37, 3.29)	0.001
Visited a dentist in the last year	0.69 (0.47, 1.02)	0.059
Updated knowledge about the oral health of pregnant women	0.49 (0.3, 0.82)	0.006

Adjusted for age, nationality, trimester of pregnancy, bad dental experience, dental attendance, regular dental visits, and updating oral health knowledge. Statistically significant.