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Mean Difference in Intention to Use Mobile Healthcare Services by Unmet Dental-Care Needs
| Category | Use intention for mobile healthcare services | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unmet dental-care needs (yes) | Unmet dental-care needs (no) | |||||||||||
| M | SD | F(t) | p | Scheffe | M | SD | F(t) | p | Scheffe | |||
| Educational level | High school graduate or below | 4.58 | 0.51 | 2.318 | 0.142 | 5.51 | 1.24 | 0.560 | 0.456 | |||
| Attending college or higher | 5.36 | 0.86 | 5.31 | 1.00 | ||||||||
| Assigned branch | Combat branch | 5.11 | 0.79 | 0.634 | 0.540 | 5.23 | 1.06 | 2.120 | 0.102 | |||
| Technical branch | 5.55 | 1.02 | 5.40 | 1.14 | ||||||||
| Administrative branch | 5.23 | 0.77 | 5.88 | 0.83 | ||||||||
| Special branch | - | - | 5.03 | 0.85 | ||||||||
| Type of work location | Major city/small to medium city | 5.23 | 0.91 | 0.598 | 0.559 | 5.58 | 0.93 | 2.897 | 0.052 | |||
| Rural area/town/village | 5.35 | 0.86 | 5.16 | 1.08 | ||||||||
| Remote area (GOP/Isolated Area/Island/Naval Ship) | 4.37 | NA | 5.82 | 0.79 | ||||||||
| Average working hours per week | 60 hours or less | 5.29 | 0.93 | 0.039 | 0.845 | 5.31 | 1.03 | 0.323 | 0.571 | |||
| More than 60 hours | 5.20 | 0.61 | 5.44 | 1.08 | ||||||||
| Work stress | None | 5.45 | 0.79 | 0.498 | 0.615 | 5.34 | 1.31 | 0.811 | 0.447 | |||
| Normal | 5.12 | 0.98 | 5.24 | 0.93 | ||||||||
| Very stressed | 5.51 | 0.53 | 5.52 | 1.08 | ||||||||
| Subjective health status | Unhealthy | 5.20a | 0.61 | 4.094 | 0.031 | (b|
| 5.26 |
1.04 |
2.590 |
0.071 |
| |
| Normal | 4.92b | 0.94 | 5.13 | 1.03 | ||||||||
| Healthy | 6.22c | 0.69 | 5.62 | 1.00 | ||||||||
| Health status compared to a year ago | Worse | 5.28a | 0.70 | 4.196 | 0.029 | (b|
| 5.24 |
0.98 |
0.625 |
0.537 |
| |
| Normal | 5.04b | 0.83 | 5.33 | 1.11 | ||||||||
| Better | 6.71c | 0.20 | 5.54 | 0.99 | ||||||||
| Health status compared to peers | Bad | 5.22a | 0.71 | 6.472 | 0.006 | (a, b|
| 5.04 |
0.84 |
2.438 |
0.092 |
| |
| Normal | 4.90b | 0.77 | 5.41 | 1.09 | ||||||||
| Good | 6.39c | 0.41 | 5.58 | 1.12 | ||||||||
| Subjective oral health status | Bad | 4.96 | 0.72 | 1.272 | 0.301 | 5.16a | 1.03 | 3.084 | 0.049 | (b | ||
| Normal | 5.43 | 1.01 | 5.23b | 0.98 | ||||||||
| Good | 5.70 | 0.47 | 5.77c | 1.09 | ||||||||
| Experience of using dental care (last year) | Yes | 4.64 | 0.84 | 5.059 | 0.034 | 5.29 | 0.98 | 0.531 | 0.468 | |||
| No | 5.48 | 0.62 | 5.45 | 1.18 | ||||||||
| Number of dental visits (last year) (n=83) |
1 | 4.27 | 0.29 | 3.010 | 0.192 | 5.22 | 0.91 | 1.099 | 0.364 | |||
| 2 | 5.28 | 0.69 | 5.29 | 1.07 | ||||||||
| 3 | - | - | 5.38 | 0.85 | ||||||||
| 4 | - | - | 4.83 | 0.51 | ||||||||
| 5 or more | 4.43 | 0.84 | 5.78 | 1.22 | ||||||||
7-point Likert scale.
M: mean, SD: standard deviation, NA: not available, GOP: General Out Post.