Dental skill mix: a cross-sectional analysis of delegation practices between dental and dental hygiene-therapy students involved in team training in the South of England

Table 1 Differences in delegation rate by patient socio-demography

	Row total	No delegation		Delegation		P value
		n	%	n	%
Delegation *Overall*	2,063	929	45.0	1,134	55.0
Gender
Female	926	419	45.2	507	54.8	0.447
Male	1,137	510	44.9	627	55.1
Payment status (adults only; n = 1,740)
Non-exempt	1,569	793	50.5	776	49.5
Exempt	171	83	48.5	88	51.5	0.630
Age groups
Under 18 years	282	41	14.5	241	85.5	0.001*
Working age (18–64 years)	1,567	789	50.4	778	49.6
Over 64 years	214	99	46.3	207	53.7
Quintiles of deprivation based on patient population (n = 2,043)
Most deprived 1	445	200	44.9	245	55.1	0.988
2	423	192	45.4	231	54.6
3	483	222	46.0	261	54.0
4	450	199	44.2	251	55.8
Least deprived 5	241	108	44.6	134	55.4
Smoking cessation signposting (adults only; n = 541)
No	196	145	74.0	51	26.0	0.001*
Yes	345	191	55.4	154	44.6

*Statistically significant differences in bold*; n = 2,063 unless otherwise stated.

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