Table 4.
The knowledge of surveyed nurses according to different variables (Q1 – lower quartile, Me- median, Q3 – upper quartile)
| Number of points | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean | Q1 | Me | Q3 | ||
| Education level | |||||
| Secondary | 4.65 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Bachelor’s degree | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0.81a |
| Master’s degree | 4.89 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |
| Location | |||||
| Village | 4.93 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |
| Town up to 20 000 | 5.36 | 4.5 | 6 | 6 | 0.005 a |
| City up to 100 000 | 4.98 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
| City over 100 000 | 3.75 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Sports class | |||||
| Yes | 5.06 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0.04 b |
| No | 4.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 6 | |
| Having experience in dental injury | |||||
| Yes | 4.92 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0.03 b |
| No | 4.24 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |
| Training in dental trauma | |||||
| Yes | 5.29 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0.23b |
| No | 4.68 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Self-education | |||||
| Yes | 5.17 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0.001 b |
| No | 3.87 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
aKruskal-Wallis test, bMann-Whitney U test. The bold data are statistically significant