Stimulated Hyposalivary Flow Rates in Healthcare Students in an Interprofessional Awareness Educational Program Curriculum
Table 1
Sample characteristics of WVU My First Patient, 2016. (valid %) reported.
Variable
Total
Sex
Hyposalivation
Females
Males
P value
No
Yes
P value
Sex
178
—
—
—
—
—
—
Male
67 (37.6%)
Female
111 (62.4%)
Hyposalivation
174
106
67
—
—
—
No
149 (85.6%)
88 (83.0%)
60 (89.6%)
0.27
Yes (<1 mg salivary flow)
25 (14.4%)
18 (17.0%)
7 (10.5%)
Race
167
102
64
143
21
Other
21 (12.6%)
12 (11.8%)
9 (14.1%)
0.81
20 (14.0%)
0 (0%)
0.08
Non-Hispanic White
146 (87.4%)
90 (88.2%)
55 (85.9%)
123 (86.0%)
21 (100%)
CWF
169
105
63
140
25
No
15 (8.9%)
12 (11.4%)
0.17
13 (9.3%)
1.00
Yes
154 (91.1%)
93 (88.6%)
127 (90.7%)
Medication
178
110
67
149
25
No
155 (87.1%)
99 (90.0%)
56 (83.6%)
0.24
130 (87.3%)
0.75
Yes
23 (12.9%)
11 (10.0%)
11 (16.4%)
19 (12.8%)
Self-report dry mouth
177
110
66
148
25
No
0.019
0.15
Yes
CWF = community water fluoridation. Cell criteria are not reported as one or several of the criteria have small cell size(s) which could lead to participant identity.