Table 6.

Mean Knowledge Scores (%) by Sociodemographic and Professional Characteristics

	Prophylaxis for cardiac conditions (n=76)	Prophylaxis for non-cardiac conditions (n=85)	Side effects of antibiotics (n=322)
Overall score	46.75 (14.82)	39.21 (33.09)	20.27 (18.77)
Age in years
24-34	53.33 (12.34)	39.35 (35.13)	23.80 (17.77)
35-50	43.95 (15.27)	43.46 (31.23)	19.23 (18.46)
>50	45.83 (15.21)	34.78 (33.55)	19.95 (19.95)
p-value	0.13	0.62	0.30
Gender
Male	46.02 (15.35)	40.50 (33.36)	19.17 (18.65)
Female	50.00 (12.19)	35.74 (32.81)	22.50 (18.90)
p-value	0.36	0.55	0.13
Region
Beirut	44.10 (7.47)	23.14 (28.73)	13.40 (10.97)
Other	47.30 (15.91)	45.53 (32.75)	22.01 (19.92)
p-value	0.27	0.003	<0.001
Experience years
< 1-5 years	56.19 (13.80)	37.03 (41.94)	25.85 (15.39)
5-10 years	47.33 (19.98)	40.00 (32.74)	21.26 (18.00)
> 10 years	45.63 (13.89)	39.65 (31.91)	20.00 (19.28)
p-value	0.20	0.97	0.38
Specialty
General practitioner	47.13 (15.07)	30.82 (31.65)	20.25 (14.47)
Other	46.26 (14.71)	44.03 (33.22)	20.28 (21.35)
p-value	0.80	0.07	0.98
Undergraduate qualification
In Lebanon	52.72 (13.37)	45.89 (31.91)	21.94 (19.87)
Outside Lebanon	42.17 (14.38)	32.73 (33.43)	18.14 (16.89)
p-value	0.002	0.07	0.06
Post-graduate qualification
No	47.23 (15.07)	30.82 (31.65)	20.25 (14.47)
Yes	46.45 (14.90)	46.18 (32.91)	20.59 (21.52)
p-value	0.84	0.04	0.86
Continuing education
No	46.66 (11.54)	24.07 (32.52)	18.68 (10.72)
Yes	47.04 (15.26)	43.07 (32.91)	20.45 (19.09)
p-value	0.96	0.17	0.58
Number of patients per week
0-50	46.23 (18.13)	44.14 (34.19)	21.88 (19.98)
51-100	49.16 (12.38)	48.41 (31.60)	27.60 (21.85)
>100	42.85 (14.32)	68.88 (27.66)	19.64 (11.51)
p-value	0.67	0.29	0.13
Frequency of antibiotic prescription per dental consultation (%)
0-10	45.71 (15.05)	40.54 (34.36)	21.36 (17.17)
>10	49.85 (16.43)	41.58 (32.71)	21.65 (20.82)
p-value	0.30	0.89	0.90