Latent profile analysis of oral health self-efficacy in maintenance hemodialysis patients and its impact on oral health.

Hemodialysis patients' confidence in managing their oral health fell into three distinct groups, with older age, lower income, more comorbidities, and poorer self-rated oral health associated with lower self-efficacy and worse oral health-related quality of life.

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