Table 2. Participants' attitudes toward dental trauma injuries according to the mean knowledge score regarding dental trauma emergency management (N=679).
| Characteristic |
Total n (%) |
Knowledge score mean ± SD |
p-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Informed about dental injuries | Not informed | 305 (44.9) | 3.43±1.80a,b | ≤0.001 |
| Partially informed | 315 (46.4) | 4.48±1.98a,c | ||
| Completely informed | 59 (8.7) | 8.08±1.47b,c | ||
| Self-assessed knowledge about dental injuries | Very poor | 124 (18.3) | 3.54±1.77d,f,g | ≤0.001 |
| Poor | 255 (37.6) | 3.75±1.82h,I,j | ||
| Fair | 207 (30.5) | 4.43±2.13d,h,k,l | ||
| Good | 81 (11.9) | 6.51±2.52f,I,k,m | ||
| Very good | 12 (1.8) | 8.25±1.28g,j,l,m | ||
| Importance of knowledge of the management of traumatic dental injuries for future work | Not important | 10 (1.5) | 4.20±1.31n | ≤0.001 |
| Slightly important | 21 (3.1) | 4.09±1.60o | ||
| Fairly important | 272 (40.1) | 3.56±1.86p | ||
| Important | 216 (31.8) | 4.02±2.00q | ||
| Very important | 160 (23.6) | 6.06±2.37n,o,p,q | ||
| Received dental injuries training during academic education | No | 537 (79.1) | 3.67±1.65 | ≤0.001 |
| Yes | 142 (20.9) | 6.78±2.23 | ||
| Interested in future education about dental injuries | No | 251 (37.0) | 3.74±1.93 | ≤0.001 |
| Yes | 428 (67.0) | 4.67±2.35 | ||
| Self-assessed knowledge about dental injuries first aid – avulsion | No | 406 (59.8) | 3.61±1.74 | ≤0.001 |
| Yes | 273 (40.2) | 5.39±2.48 | ||
| Self assessed knowledge about dental injuries first aid – tooth luxation | No | 526 (77.5) | 3.70±1.82 | ≤0.001 |
| Yes | 153 (22.5) | 6.47±2.25 | ||
| Self- assessed knowledge about dental injuries first aid – tooth fracture | No | 430 (63.3) | 3.76±1.90 | ≤0.001 |
| Yes | 249 (36.7) | 5.30±2.47 | ||
| Witnessed dental injures | No | 492 (72.5) | 4.21±2.20 | 0.034 |
| Yes | 187 (27.5) | 4.63±2.34 | ||
| Experienced dental injuries | No | 528 (77.8) | 4.25±2.26 | 0.110 |
| Yes | 151 (22.2) | 4.58±2.17 | ||
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Data are presented as whole numbers and percentages or mean ± SD. *Statistical significance was tested by Student t-test or One-way ANOVA. Statistical significance was set to p<0.05. The same superscript lower letter indicated a statistical difference between groups based on Tukey Test (a,b,c,e,f,g,I,j,k,l,m,o,p,qp≤0.001, h,np=0.039, mp=0.042). Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation. | ||||