Table 3.

Distribution of Level of Knowledge According to Various Demographic Characteristics of Respondents who Participated in the Study

Characteristics	Level of Knowledge
	Poor (n=62)		Fair (n=522)		Good (n=62)		Total (n=646)		P-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age group
<30 years	18	7.8	193	83.9	19	8.3	230	100.0
30–39 years	34	11.2	233	76.9	36	11.9	303	100.0	0.348NS
40–49 years	7	8.8	67	83.8	6	7.5	80	100.0
>50 years	3	9.1	29	87.9	1	3.0	33	100.0
Gender
Male	45	12.9	267	76.3	38	10.9	350	100.0	0.003**
Female	17	5.7	255	86.1	24	8.1	296	100.0
Duration of practice
<5 years	23	8.6	225	83.6	21	7.8	269	100.0
5–15 years	29	10.5	219	79.1	29	10.5	277	100.0	0.603NS
>15 years	10	10.0	78	78.0	12	12.0	100	100.0
Zone of practice
Central	2	2.0	84	85.7	12	12.2	98	100.0
East	5	10.4	41	85.4	2	4.2	48	100.0
West	37	10.7	278	80.6	30	8.7	345	100.0	0.001***
North	14	13.6	84	81.6	5	4.9	103	100.0
South	4	7.7	35	67.3	13	25.0	52	100.0
Organization
Private sector	39	10.3	314	83.1	25	6.6	378	100.0
Public sector	10	9.3	86	72.2	27	18.5	123	100.0	0.001***
University Clinics	13	9.0	122	84.1	10	6.9	145	100.0
Educational status
BDS	29	10.2	242	84.9	14	4.9	285	100.0
MDS	0	0.0	67	88.2	9	11.8	76	100.0	0.001***
Post-graduate students	32	11.8	202	74.3	38	14.0	272	100.0
PhD	1	7.7	11	84.6	1	7.7	13	100.0
Training taken (Infection control)
Yes	2	6.1	323	82.4	45	11.5	392	100.0	0.001***
No	38	15.0	199	78.3	17	6.7	254	100.0
Training taken (COVID-19)
Yes	18	5.6	268	83.5	35	10.9	321	100.0	0.002**
No	44	13.5	254	78.2	27	8.3	325	100.0

Notes: P-value for Chi-square test. P-value <0.05 is considered to be statistically significant. **P-value <0.01, ***P-value<0.001, NS-statistically non-significant. Higher mean score indicates higher level of knowledge and vice-versa.