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Responses to the Other Various Questions in Study 1 and in Study 2, Respectively
| Question | In 2018, at the Household Fair11) | In 2020, at the Nine-Month Fair12) | In 2020, at the Nine-Month Fair12) (subgroup) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Do you know the profession of oral hygienist? | |||
| No | 754 (43.3) | ||
| Yes | 988 (56.7) | ||
| Working in a paramedical sector? | |||
| No | 1,690 (97.0) | ||
| Yes | 12 (0.7) | ||
| I used to work in a paramedical sector | 19 (1.1) | ||
| I am currently following a paramedical study | 21 (1.2) | ||
| Now that you know you can make an appointment without a referral letter, would you do this? | |||
| Absolutely not | 13 (0.7) | ||
| No | 10 (0.6) | ||
| Maybe | 266 (15.3) | ||
| Yes | 766 (44.0) | ||
| Absolutely yes | 697 (40.0) | ||
| If you have children, your child / children has ever been to an oral hygienist? | |||
| No | 876 (50.3) | ||
| Yes | 469 (26.9) | ||
| I have no children | 397 (22.8) | ||
| In what kind of practice have you visit the oral hygienist? | |||
| A practice of a self-employed oral hygienist | 19 (9.0) | 5 (8.2) | |
| A employed oral hygienist in a dental clinic | 122 (58.1) | 29 (47.5) | |
| Does not apply | 69 (32.9) | 27 (44.3) | |
| Have you ever been treated by another employee (not a dentist or oral hygienist), for example, a prevention-dental assistant? | |||
| No | 145 (69.0) | 34 (55.7) | |
| Yes | 56 (26.7) | 23 (37.7) | |
| I don’t know | 9 (4.3) | 4 (6.6) | |
| If you were treated by an oral hygienist: were you referred by the dentist? | 134 | 34 | |
| No | 42 (20) | 12 (19.7) | |
| Yes | 92 (43.8) | 22 (36.1) | |
| If you have children, were you instructed by an oral health professional about how to brush their children’s dentition? | |||
| No | 78 (37.1) | - | |
| Yes | 70 (33.3) | - | |
| I don’t know | 6 (2.9) | - | |
| I have no children | 56 (26.7) | - | |
| Now that you know what an oral hygienist does, do you intent to visit an oral hygienist in the coming year? | |||
| Absolutely not | 9 (4.3) | 1 (1.6) | |
| Probably not | 56 (26.7) | 24 (39.3) | |
| Probably yes | 58 (27.6) | 16 (26.2) | |
| Absolutely yes | 87 (41.4) | 20 (32.8) |
Values are presented as number (%) or number only.
-: not avilable.