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
	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.