Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Survey Respondents by Network
| DPBRN (N=595) | PEARL (N=147) | PRECEDENT (N=208) | Overall (N=950) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | N | 522 | 147 | 189 | 858 |
| Male | 428 (82%) | 110 (75%) | 155 (82%) | 693 (81%) | |
| Female | 94 (18%) | 37 (25%) | 34 (18%) | 165 (19%) | |
| Race | White | 471 (79%) | 113 (77%) | 157 (75%) | 741 (78%) |
| Black | 23 (4%) | 9 (6%) | 3 (1%) | 35 (4%) | |
| Asian | 19 (3%) | 18 (12%) | 18 (9%) | 55 (6%) | |
| Native American | 2 (< 1%) | 2 (1%) | 6 (3%) | 10 (1%) | |
| Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (< 1%) | 1 (< 1%) | |
| Other or mixed racial | 0 (0%) | 4 (3%) | 3 (1%) | 7 (1%) | |
| Ethnicity | N | 519 | 140 | 158 | 817 |
| Not Hispanic | 506 (97%) | 130 (93%) | 154 (97%) | 790 (97%) | |
| Hispanic | 13 (3%) | 10 (7%) | 4 (3%) | 27 (3%) | |
| Years since first post baccalaureate dental degree | N | 494 | 147 | 189 | 830 |
| 5 or fewer | 76 (15%) | 4 (3%) | 32 (17%) | 112 (13%) | |
| 6 - 15 | 103 (21%) | 24 (16%) | 50 (26%) | 177 (21%) | |
| 16 - 20 | 76 (15%) | 11 (7%) | 21 (11%) | 108 (13%) | |
| 21 - 25 | 94 (19%) | 24 (16%) | 37 (20%) | 155 (19%) | |
| 26+ | 145 (29%) | 84 (57%) | 49 (26%) | 278 (33%) | |
| Global level of involvement | N | 595 | 147 | 208 | 950 |
| Full participant | 209 (35%) | 71 (48%) | 98 (47%) | 378 (40%) | |
| Partial participant | 239 (40%) | 47 (32%) | 60 (29%) | 346 (36%) | |
| Control(Inactive or outside network) | 147 (25%) | 29 (20%) | 50 (24%) | 226 (24%) |
* Full participant: respondent has participated in at least one network study recruiting patients
Partial participant: respondent is a fully trained member of the network or has attended at least one meeting or participated in other survey studies
Reference: inactive member of the network (not trained, no participation in studies or meetings) or is outside the network, e.g. Friends of PRECEDENT