Table 1.
Participants’ profile and concurrence of items related to attitude towards collaboration between medical and dental practice
| Item (No. of respondents) | Group | No. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Curriculum (n = 809) | Medicine | 577 (71%) |
| Dentistry | 232 (29%) | |
| 2. Year of Study (n = 809) | Year 1–3 | 561 (69%) |
| Year 4–5 | 248 (31%) | |
| 3. Age (n = 796) | 20 or below | 345 (44%) |
| 21 or above | 451 (56%) | |
| 4. Gender (n = 796) | Male | 419 (53%) |
| Female | 377 (47%) | |
| 5. Regular family doctor (n = 797) | Yes | 323 (40%) |
| No | 474 (60%) | |
| 6. Last dental check-up (n = 797) | Within 1 year | 408 (51%) |
| Over 1 year | 489 (49%) | |
| 7. Dentist is a profession similar to medical practitioners (n = 799) | Yes | 735 (92%) |
| No | 64 (8%) | |
| 8. Oral health is an integral part of general health (n = 799) | Yes | 774 (97%) |
| No | 25 (3%) | |
| 9. Dentists should be included in electronic health record systems (n = 796) | Yes | 671 (84%) |
| No | 125 (16%) | |
| 10. Medical-dental collaboration enhances quality of patient care (n = 787) | Yes | 629 (80%) |
| No | 158 (20%) | |
| 11. Dentist is responsible to advise patient on systemic health (n = 775) | Yes | 575 (74%) |
| No | 200 (26%) | |
| 12. Physician is responsible to advise patient on oral health (n = 794) | Yes | 688 (87%) |
| No | 106 (13%) | |
| 13. Dental students should have a rotation in medicine (n = 801) | Yes | 509 (64%) |
| No | 292 (36%) | |
| 14. Medical students should have a rotation in dentistry (n = 801) | Yes | 462 (58%) |
| No | 339 (42%) | |
| 15. Aware of any collaboration between dentistry and medicine (n = 801) | Yes | 616 (77%) |
| No | 185 (23%) |