Parent Attitudes regarding Orthodontists’ Role as Potential Administrators of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccines

Table 3

Bivariable analysis (Kruskal–Wallis H test): parents’ comfort with orthodontists administering HPV vaccinations to their adolescent children by parent and child characteristics (N = 275).

		Comfortable (n = 144, 52.4%)		Neither uncomfortable nor comfortable (n = 43, 15.6%)		Uncomfortable (n = 88, 32.0%)		value
		n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)
Parent characteristics
Sex	Male	29	(20.1)	8	(18.6)	17	(19.3)	.972
	Female	115	(79.9)	35	(81.4)	71	(80.7)
Age	21–30 y	3	(2.1)	2	(4.7)	2	(2.3)	.479
	31–40 y	61	(42.3)	22	(51.1)	35	(39.8)
	41–50 y	57	(39.6)	12	(27.9)	41	(46.6)
	51–60 y	18	(12.5)	7	(16.3)	7	(7.9)
	>60 y	5	(3.5)	0	(0.0)	3	(3.4)
Educational attainment	Less than high school	43	(29.9)	14	(32.6)	18	(20.5)	.042
	High school graduate	57	(39.6)	16	(37.2)	32	(36.4)
	Bachelor’s degree	31	(21.5)	12	(27.9)	27	(30.7)
	Master’s degree	7	(4.9)	0	(0.0)	8	(9.1)
	Doctoral degree	3	(2.1)	0	(0.0)	2	(2.3)
Race/ethnicity	Non-Hispanic whites	16	(11.1)	4	(9.3)	13	(14.8)	.664
	Non-Hispanic blacks	13	(9.0)	4	(9.3)	10	(11.4)
	Hispanic	103	(71.5)	35	(81.4)	58	(65.9)
	Others	11	(8.3)	0	(0.0)	7	(7.9)
Chosen language of survey	English	59	(41.0)	9	(20.9)	55	(62.5)	<.001
	Spanish	85	(59.0)	34	(79.1)	33	(37.5)
Relationship to child	Father	28	(19.4)	8	(18.6)	15	(17.0)	.926
	Mother	113	(78.5)	33	(76.7)	70	(79.6)
	Legal guardian	3	(2.1)	2	(4.7)	3	(3.4)
Insurance status	No	124	(86.1)	38	(88.4)	68	(77.3)	.140
	Yes	20	(13.9)	5	(11.6)	20	(22.7)
Child characteristics
Sex	Male	74	(51.4)	16	(37.2)	36	(40.9)	.141
	Female	70	(48.6)	27	(62.8)	52	(59.1)
Age (in years)	11–12 y	46	(31.9)	16	(37.2)	25	(28.4)	.394
	13–15 y	73	(50.7)	24	(55.8)	51	(58.0)
	16–17 y	25	(17.4)	3	(7.0)	12	(13.6)

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