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

Table 4

Multivariate ordinal logistic regression: association between parent and children characteristics against parents' comfort level in orthodontics administering HPV vaccination to their children (N = 270).

		Parents comfort leveluncomfortable (n = 87, 32.2%) > neither (n-42, 15.6%) > comfortable (n = 141, 52.2%)
		aOR	(95%CI)	value
Parent characteristics
Sex	Female	Ref
	Male	0.32	(0.02–4.64)	400
Age	21–30 y	Ref
	31–40 y	2.36	(0.54–10.38)	.256
	41–50 y	2.20	(0.49–9.83)	.302
	51–60 y	3.01	(0.61–14.76)	.175
	>60 y	2.73	(0.34–22.05)	.346
Educational attainment	Less than high school	Ref
	High school graduate	0.93	(0.50–1.72)	.806
	Bachelor’s degree	0.74	(0.36–1.56)	.430
	Master’s degree	0.63	(0.17–2.34)	.491
	Doctoral degree	0.74	(0.10–5.33)	.766
Race/ethnicity	Non-Hispanic whites	Ref
	Non-Hispanic blacks	0.82	(0.25–2.63)	.733
	Hispanic	0.50	(0.19–1.37)	.180
	Others	1.07	(0.29–3.94)	.918
Chosen language of Survey	English	Ref
	Spanish	2.38	(1.22–4.65)	.01^∗
Relationship to Child	Mother	Ref
	Father	3.57	(0.23–56.78)	.367
	Legal guardian	0.53	(0.12–2.34)	.402
Insurance Status	No	Ref
	Yes	0.622	(0.28–1.38)	.244
Child characteristics
Sex	Female	Ref
	Male	1.66	(1.01–2.73)	.046^∗
Age (in years)	11–12 y	Ref
	13–15 y	0.79	(0.46–1.36)	.389
	16–17 y	1.17	(0.52–2.65)	.709

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