Table 1.
Characteristics of dental practitioners in study (n=950)
| Characteristic | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Gender (missing=92) | ||
| Male | 693 | 81% |
| Female | 165 | 19% |
| Ethnicity (missing=133) | ||
| Not Hispanic | 790 | 97% |
| Hispanic | 27 | 3% |
| Race (missing=104) | ||
| White | 738 | 87% |
| Black | 35 | 4% |
| Asian | 55 | 7% |
| Native American | 8 | 1% |
| Other or mixed racial | 10 | 1% |
| Years since dental degree (missing=120) | ||
| 5 or fewer | 112 | 13% |
| 6–15 | 177 | 21% |
| 16–20 | 108 | 13% |
| 21–25 | 155 | 19% |
| 26+ | 278 | 33% |
| Practice sizea (missing=116) | ||
| Less than 21 patients | 45 | 5% |
| 21–30 patients | 99 | 12% |
| 31–40 patients | 194 | 23% |
| 41–50 patients | 168 | 20% |
| 51–60 patients | 145 | 17% |
| 61 patients or more | 183 | 22% |
| Network membershipb | ||
| DPBRN | 595 | 63% |
| PEARL | 147 | 15% |
| PRECEDENT | 208 | 22% |
| Participation levelb | ||
| Full | 378 | 40% |
| Partial | 346 | 36% |
| Reference | 226 | 24% |
a
Practice size refers to the number of patients seen per week.
b
DPBRN (Dental Practice-Based Research Network); PEARL (Practitioners Engaged in Applied Research and Learning); PRECEDENT (Practice-Based Research Collaborative In Evidence-Based Dentistry).
c
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.