Table 3.

Assessment of mean knowledge and attitude percentage scores with demographic characteristics of dentists (N = 250).

Categories	Knowledge %			Attitude %
	n	Mean ± SD	p value	Mean ± SD	p value
Age (in years)
30 years or less	112	80.29 ± 12.88	0.464	78.35 ± 13.20	0.232
31–40 years	57	78.36 ± 16.95		77.39 ± 14.94
41–50 years	36	78.12 ± 17.32		75.69 ± 14.72
More than 50 years	45	76.11 ± 16.75		73.15 ± 17.66
Sex
Male	131	77.59 ± 16.02	0.201	76.80 ± 15.02	0.992
Female	119	80.08 ± 14.35		76.82 ± 14.49
Workplace
Academic	27	82.25 ± 18.37	0.11	80.86 ± 13.87	0.073
MIH/UNRWA	60	81.88 ± 13.63		79.68 ± 14.16
RMS	16	78.13 ± 12.03		72.92 ± 14.18
PS	147	76.94 ± 15.42		73.32 ± 14.97
Qualification
Dentists without postgraduation	157	79.06 ± 14.76	0.707	78.43 ± 14.85	0.023*
Dentists with postgraduation	92	78.31 ± 16.16		74.03 ± 14.19
Work experience (in years)
<6 years	113	82.02 ± 13.23	0.476	78.91 ± 12.90	0.122
6–10 years	33	78.66 ± 13.77		75.51 ± 15.17
>10 years	104	77.48 ± 17.62		74.95 ± 16.23
Internet access (in hours)
2 h or less	169	78.40 ± 15.65	0.729	76.08 ± 14.67	0.53
More than 2–4 h	55	80.23 ± 13.96		78.43 ± 14.33
More than 4 h	26	78.21 ± 15.74		78.10 ± 16.17
Total	250	78.78 ± 15.27		76.81 ± 14.74

Statistical tests applied: t-test, one-way ANOVA.

^*Indicates statistically significant difference at p ≤ 0.05.