Table 3.
Periodontal risk knowledge, uncertainty about periodontal treatments and patient enrollment– comparisons among GDs
| Belarus | Lithuania | Macedonia | Moldova | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean ± sd | mean ± sd | mean ± sd | mean ± sd | mean ± sd | |
| Knowledge score | 6.1 ± 1.2 | 6.3 ± 1.1 | 5.8 ± 1.4 | 5.7 ± 1.4 | 5.8 + 1.4 |
| Significant differences in means between Lithuania/Belarus& Moldova/Macedonia * | |||||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Uncertainty about treatments discourages from providing periodontal treatments^ | |||||
| Yes | 131 (33.6) | 88 (18.0) | 78 (22.3) | 213 (67.4) | 154 (45.2) |
| No | 259 (66.4) | 326 (66.8) | 270 (77.4) | 48 (15.2) | 171 (50.1) |
| Don’t know | – | 74 (15.2) | 1 (0.3) | 55 (17.4) | 16 (4.7) |
| Significant across-country proportional differences (p < 0.001)** | |||||
| Proportion of patients per week requiring periodontal treatments | |||||
| none | – | – | – | 238 (75.3) | – |
| 1–5 | 224 (57.4) | 257 (52.7) | 211 (60.5) | 71 (22.5) | 291 (75.0) |
| 6–19 | 166 (42.6) | 191 (39.1) | 138 (39.5) | 7 (2.2) | 88 (22.7) |
| 20+ | – | 40 (8.2) | – | – | 9 (2.3) |
| Significant across-country proportional differences (p < 0.001)** | |||||
| Proportion of patients per week receiving periodontal treatments (general dentists) | |||||
| none | – | – | – | 5 (1.6) | 261 (68.5) |
| 1–5 | 145 (37.2) | 393 (80.5) | 159 (45.6) | 306 (96.8) | 114 (29.9) |
| 6–19 | 132 (33.8) | 85 (17.4) | 108 (30.9) | 5 (1.6) | 6 (1.6) |
| 20+ | 113 (29.0) | 10 (2.0) | 82 (23.5) | – | – |
| Significant across-country proportional differences (p < 0.001)** | |||||
| Proportion of patients per week receiving periodontal treatments (dental hygienists) | |||||
| none | – | – | – | 279 (88.3) | 135 (70.3) |
| 1–5 | 81 (20.8) | 227 (46.5) | 117 (33.5) | 34 (10.8) | 21 (11.0) |
| 6–19 | 204 (52.3) | 157 (32.2) | 195 (55.9) | 3 (0.9) | 31 (16.1) |
| 20+ | 105 (26.9) | 104 (21.3) | 37 (10.6) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (2.6) |
| Significant across-country proportional differences (p < 0.001)** | |||||
| Proportion of patients per week receiving referrals to periodontists | |||||
| none | 267 (68.5) | 135 (27.7) | 349 (100.0) | 246 (77.8) | 172 (49.9) |
| 1–19 | unknown | 339 (69.5) | unknown | 66 (20.9) | 173 (50.1) |
| 20+ | unknown | 14 (2.9) | unknown | 4 (1.3) | – |
*Comparison of means using One-way ANOVA with post hoc Bonferroni adjustment
** Comparison of proportions using Chi2 test