Table 7. Associations between demographic/professional attributes and dental hygienists’ knowledge of breast cancer and breast cancer treatments (n = 318).
| Background Characteristic |
Knowledge of Breast Cancer Treatments on Oral Health Up-to-date |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n=29) |
Yes % |
No (n=289) |
No % |
P-Value | |
| Age | |||||
| 20-25 | 1 | 10% | 9 | 90% | 0.45 |
| 26-35 | 6 | 9% | 58 | 91% | |
| 36-45 | 4 | 6% | 62 | 94% | |
| 46-50 | 5 | 11% | 42 | 89% | |
| 51-55 | 8 | 13% | 56 | 88% | |
| 56+ | 5 | 8% | 60 | 92% | |
| Level of Education | |||||
| Diploma/Certificate/Associates | 17 | 8% | 200 | 92% | 0.28 |
| Bachelors | 10 | 12% | 71 | 88% | |
| Masters/Doctorate | 1 | 7% | 13 | 93% | |
| Year of Graduation | |||||
| Graduated before 1985 | 6 | 5% | 97 | 94% | 0.29 |
| Graduated between 1985-1998 | 12 | 12% | 87 | 88% | |
| Graduated after 1998 | 9 | 9% | 93 | 91% | |
| Currently Employed | |||||
| Full Time | 14 | 7% | 196 | 93% | 0.07 |
| Part Time | 13 | 13% | 90 | 87% | |
| Type of Practice | |||||
| General Practice | 25 | 7% | 237 | 93% | 0.67 |
| Other | 4 | 13% | 48 | 87% | |
| Diagnosis of Breast Cancer | |||||
| Yes | 5 | 28% | 13 | 72% | 0.004 |
| No | 24 | 8% | 276 | 92% | |
| Knowledge of BCa prevalence | |||||
| Yes | 13 | 8% | 143 | 92% | 0.16 |
| No | 6 | 16% | 32 | 84% | |
| Unsure | 7 | 6% | 110 | 94% | |
| Assess Family Cancer History | |||||
| Yes | 10 | 16% | 53 | 84% | 0.026 |
| No | 17 | 7% | 227 | 93% | |
Note: Frequencies for a characteristic may not total N=318 due to missing data.