Table 3.
Frequencies, Percentages, And Group Comparison According To Age, Gender And Annual Income Of Responses To Ranking The Preferences For Additional Procedures For A 25% To 30% Reduction In Treatment Time (N = 200). Significance Level Set At p<0.05
Willingness To Undergo Additional Procedures (1 Most Willing - 5 Least Willing); n (%) | Significance Between Groups According To The Following Categories (p<0.05) | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Age | Gender | Annual Income | |
Customized wires | 105 (52.5%) | 32 (16.0%) | 28 (14.0%) | 7 (3.5%) | 28 (14.0%) | 0.577 | 0.500 | 0.853 |
Corticotomies | 28 (14.0%) | 40 (20.0%) | 20 (10.0%) | 20 (10.0%) | 92 (46.0%) | 0.442 | 0.237 | 0.614 |
FDA approved teeth vibrators | 35 (17.5%) | 81 (40.5%) | 41 (20.5%) | 19 (9.5%) | 24 (12.0%) | 0.442 | 0.058 | 0.661 |
Piezocision | 25 (12.5%) | 31 (15.5%) | 37 (18.5%) | 65 (32.5%) | 42 (21.0%) | 0.923 | 0.385 | 0.859 |
FDA approved drug injections | 47 (23.5%) | 35 (17.5%) | 67 (33.5%) | 23 (11.5%) | 28 (14.0%) | 0.914 | 0.951 | 0.181 |
Notes: No significant differences in ranking were observed between the groups according to age, gender and annual income were reported (p>0.05).