Dental care for drug users in Norway: dental professionals’ attitudes to treatment and experiences with interprofessional collaboration

Table 5 Multivariable logistic regression analysis of experiences of organizational facilitation and perceived competence and explanatory variables (gender, number of drug users treated per month, profession, country of education and years of clinical experience (n = 133). Odds ratios (OR), 95% confidence interval (CI) and P-values

Explanatory variables	More time for treatment^a		Economic barriers for treatment^b		Free of charge dental treatment^c		Need for more knowledge^d
Explanatory variables	OR (95% CI)	P-value	OR (95% CI)	P-value	OR (95% CI)	P-value	OR (95% CI)	P-value
Gender (ref: Female)
Male	0.72 (0.29, 1.83)	0.50	1.86 (0.78, 4.42)	0.16	0.27 (0.09, 0.75)	0.01	0.20 (0.07, 0.57)	< 0.01
Drug user treated per month (ref: < 5)
5 or more	1.50 (0.58, 3.87)	0.40	2.26 (1.00, 5.24)	0.05	0.68 (0.24, 1.91)	0.46	2.75 (0.82, 9.18)	0.10
Profession (ref:Dental hygienist)
Dentist	0.87 (0.32, 2.37)	0.78	1.26 (0.50, 3.20)	0.62	2.51 (0.79, 7.97)	0.12	1.52 (0.48, 4.83)	0.48
Educated in Norway (ref: Yes)
No	0.36 (0.14, 0.94)	0.04	1.61 (0.63, 4.11)	0.32	0.74 (0.23, 2.34)	0.60	0.56 (0.18, 1.76)	0.32
Clinical experience (ref: > 10 years)
10 years or less	1.10 (0.49, 2.46)	0.82	0.95 (0.45, 2.00)	0.88	1.29 (0.50, 3.31)	0.60	1.82 (0.68, 4.82)	0.23

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