[Table/Fig-5]:
Responses obtained for the Knowledge questions.
| Q | A % | B % | C % | D % | Chi-square | p-value | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QK1 | P | 35.3a | 30.6b | 32.6c | 31.3a | 39.3b | 41.3c | 18.7a | 16.7b | 15.4c | 14.7a | 13.4b | 10.7c | 2.295a | 0.89a |
| D | 29.3a | 31.3b | 32.6c | 36a | 39.3b | 38c | 20a | 16.7b | 16.7c | 14.7a | 12.6b | 12.7c | 2.178b | 0.903b | |
| C | 36.7a | 31.3b | 29.3c | 30.6a | 33.3b | 32c | 18a | 18.7b | 24c | 15a | 17.7b | 14.6c | 6.608c | 0.359c | |
| QK2 | P | 54a | 54b | 57.3c | 16.7a | 16.7b | 16c | 7.3a | 7.3b | 8.7c | 22a | 22b | 18c | 3.329a | 0.767a |
| D | 55.3a | 55.3b | 53.3c | 24a | 15.3b | 18c | 8.6a | 5.3b | 6.7c | 18a | 24b | 22c | 2.332b | 0.887b | |
| C | 52.6a | 52.6b | 46c | 18.7a | 18.7b | 27.3c | 8.7a | 8.7b | 8.7c | 203a | 20b | 18c | 9.598c | 0.143c | |
| QK3 | P | 29.3a | 20b | 20.7c | 17.3a | 9.3b | 10.6c | 40.7a | 27.3b | 28c | 14.6a | 43.3b | 40.7c | 4.326a | 0.821a |
| D | 26a | 22b | 25.3c | 22.6a | 11.3b | 10.7c | 39.3a | 26b | 24c | 12a | 40.7b | 40c | 37.3b | 0.001b* | |
| C | 26.7a | 25.3b | 28c | 20.7a | 16b | 19.3c | 38a | 43.3b | 40c | 14.6a | 15.4b | 12.7c | 41.99c | 0.001c* | |
| QK4 | P | 9.3a | 5.3b | 5.3c | 8.7a | 62b | 61.3c | 37.3a | 16.7b | 17.4c | 44.7a | 16b | 16c | 5.01a | 0.542a |
| D | 15.3a | 4.7b | 7.4c | 12.7a | 60b | 58c | 36a | 16.7b | 16c | 36a | 18.6b | 18.6c | 108.9b | 0.001b* | |
| C | 11.3a | 13.3b | 16c | 12a | 9.3b | 10.6c | 36a | 38b | 37.3c | 40.7a | 39.4b | 39.4c | 105.5c | 0.001c* | |
| QK5 | P | 35.3a | 82.7b | 78.7c | 33.3a | 10b | 12.7c | 18a | 4b | 4.7c | 13.3a | 3.3b | 16c | 2.64a | 0.85a |
| D | 28.7a | 80.7b | 77.3c | 38a | 10b | 13.4c | 16a | 6b | 6c | 17.3a | 3.3b | 18.6c | 58.7b | 0.001b* | |
| C | 30.6a | 78.7b | 44c | 36.7a | 22.7b | 28c | 18a | 19.4b | 18c | 14.7a | 10.6bb | 36c | 53.8c | 0.001c* | |
QK1-QK5- Knowledge questions, P, D, C – peer, dentist and control groups
A,B,C,D%- Options for the knowledge questions, a-baseline, b- 3 month, c- 6 month
* denotes significance (chi-square test p<0.05).