Table 4.
Information on participants’ training and knowledge in the management of patients on biologics or immunosuppressants
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All practitioners N = 115 (%) |
Specialized dentist activityd N = 54 (%) |
General dentist activity N = 61 (%) |
P-value |
All practitioners N = 115 (%) |
Specialized dentist activityd N = 54 (%) |
General dentist activity N = 61 (%) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In patient under biologics | In patients under immunosuppressants | |||||||
| Training/knowledge about oral care | ||||||||
| No | 48 (41.74) | 17 (31.48) | 31 (50.82) | 47 (40.87) | 17 (31.48) | 30 (49.18) | ||
| Yes | 67 (58.26) | 37 (68.52) | 30 (49.18) | 0.03 | 68 (59.13) | 37 (68.52) | 31 (50.82) | 0.05 |
| Source of training/informationa | ||||||||
| Scientific societies | 40 (59.70) | 25 (67.57) | 15 (50.00) | 0.14 | 44 (64.71) | 25 (67.57) | 19 (61.29) | 0.59 |
| Journal articles | 48 (71.64) | 28 (75.68) | 20 (66.67) | 0.41 | 49 (72.06) | 28 (75.68) | 21 (67.74) | 0.46 |
| Congresses | 26 (38.81) | 20 (54.05) | 6 (20.00) | 0.004 | 25 (36.76) | 18 (48.65) | 7 (22.58) | 0.02 |
| Pharmaceutical laboratories | 1 (1.49) | 1 (2.70) | 0 (0.00) | 0.36 | 2 (2.94) | 2 (5.40) | 0 (0.00) | 0.18 |
| Undergraduate and post-graduate training and others | 12 (17.91) | 5 (13.51) | 7 (23.33) | 0.29 | 14 (20.58) | 9 (24.32) | 5 (16.12) | 0.37 |
| Feeling of not being sufficiently trained or informeda | ||||||||
| No | 42 (62.69) | 22 (59.46) | 20 (66.67) | 37 (54.42) | 19 (51.35) | 18 (58.06) | ||
| Yes | 25 (37.31) | 15 (40.54) | 10 (33.33) | 0.54 | 31 (45.59) | 18 (48.65) | 13 (41.94) | 0.58 |
| Wish to have training about oral careb | ||||||||
| No | 1 (2.08) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (3.23) | 1 (2.13) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (3.33) | ||
| Yes | 47 (97.92) | 17 (100.00) | 30 (96.77) | 0.45 | 46 (97.87) | 17 (100.00) | 29 (96.67) | 0.44 |
| Knowledge of the professional recommendations on oral carea | ||||||||
| No | 59 (51.30) | 21 (38.89) | 38 (62.30) | 57 (49.57) | 22 (40.74) | 35 (57.38) | ||
| Yes | 56 (48.7) | 33 (61.11) | 23 (37.70) | 0.01 | 58 (50.43) | 32 (59.26) | 26 (42.62) | 0.07 |
| Knowledge of the professional recommendations fromc | ||||||||
| Club Rhumatisms & Inflammation (CRI) | ||||||||
| No | 41 (73.21) | 19 (57.58) | 22 (95.65) | 46 (79.31) | 20 (62.50) | 26 (100.00) | ||
| Yes | 15 (26.79) | 14 (42.42) | 1 (4.35) | 0.002 | 12 (20.69) | 12 (37.50) | 0 (0.00) | < 0.001 |
| National Drug Regulatory Authority (ANSM) | ||||||||
| No | 38 (67.86) | 23 (69.70) | 15 (65.22) | 35 (60.34) | 22 (68.75) | 13 (50.00) | ||
| Yes | 18 (32.14) | 10 (30.30) | 8 (34.78) | 0.72 | 23 (39.66) | 10 (31.25) | 13 (50.00) | 0.14 |
| French Society of Oral Surgery (SFCO) | ||||||||
| No | 10 (17.86) | 6 (18.18) | 4 (17.39) | 12 (20.69) | 6 (18.75) | 6 (23.08) | ||
| Yes | 46 (82.14) | 27 (81.82) | 19 (82.61) | 0.93 | 46 (79.31) | 26 (81.25) | 20 (76.92) | 0.68 |
| Implementation of recommendations in the personal practicec | ||||||||
| No | 1 (1.79) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (4.35) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | ||
| Yes | 55 (98.21) | 33 (100.00) | 22 (95.65) | 0.22 | 58 (100.00) | 32 (100.00) | 26 (100.00) | -- |
aOnly practitioners who responded ‘yes’ to the question about training/information
bOnly practitioners who responded ‘no’ to the question about training/information
cOnly practitioners who responded ‘yes’ to the question about knowledge of the professional recommendations
dSpecialized dentist activity: oral surgery, periodontology, endodontics, pediatric dentistry