Table 4. Comparison of demographic data and participants' attitudes toward dental injuries according to attended study programs (N=679).
| Characteristic |
Dental medicine (n=152) |
Medicine (n=135) |
Physical Education (n=134) | Preschool Education (n=130) | Teachers Education (n=128) | p-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 25 (16.4) | 31 (22.9) | 60 (44.8) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (1.6) | ≤0.001 |
| Female | 127 (83.6) | 104 (77.1) | 74 (55.2) | 129 (99.2) | 126 (98.4) | ||
| Age group (years) | 18-21 | 36 (23.7) | 29 (21.5) | 48 (35.8) | 74 (56.9) | 57 (44.5) | ≤0.001 |
| 22-24 | 75 (49.3) | 56 (41.5) | 78 (58.2) | 45 (34.6) | 57 (44.5) | ||
| ≥25 | 41 (27.0) | 50 (37.0) | 8 (6.0) | 11 (8.5) | 14 (10.9) | ||
| Informed about dental injuries | Not informed | 20 (13.2) | 84 (62.2) | 81 (60.4) | 60 (46.2) | 60 (46.9) | ≤0.001 |
| Partially informed | 77 (50.7) | 51 (37.8) | 53 (39.6) | 67 (51.5) | 67 (52.3) | ||
| Completely informed | 55 (36.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.3) | 1 (0.8) | ||
| Self-assessed knowledge about dental injuries | Very poor | 17 (11.2) | 43 (31.9) | 28 (20.9) | 23 (17.7) | 13 (10.2) | ≤0.001 |
| Poor | 33 (21.7) | 62 (45.9) | 55 (41) | 47 (36.2) | 58 (45.3) | ||
| Fair | 44 (28.9) | 25 (18.5) | 43 (32.1) | 49 (37.7) | 46 (35.9) | ||
| Good | 46 (30.3) | 5 (3.7) | 8 (6.0) | 11 (8.5) | 11 (8.6) | ||
| Very good | 12 (7.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Importance of knowledge of the management of traumatic dental injuries for future work | Not Important | 1 (0.7) | 4 (3.0) | 3 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.6) | ≤0.001 |
| Slightly important | 0 (0.0) | 7 (5.2) | 7 (5.2) | 2 (1.5) | 5 (3.9) | ||
| Fairly important | 7 (4.6) | 86 (63.7) | 64 (47.8) | 62 (47.7) | 53 (41.4) | ||
| Important | 33 (21.7) | 29 (21.5) | 50 (37.3) | 52 (40) | 52 (40.6) | ||
| Very important | 111 (73.0) | 9 (6.7) | 10 (7.5) | 14 (10.8) | 16 (12.5) | ||
| Received dental injuries and first aid training during academic education | No | 46 (30.3) | 122 (90.4) | 123 (91.8) | 124 (95.4) | 122 (95.3) | ≤0.001 |
| Yes | 106 (69.7) | 13 (9.6) | 11 (8.2) | 6 (4.6) | 6 (4.7) | ||
| Interested in future education about dental injuries | No | 15 (9.9) | 82 (60.7) | 54 (40.3) | 49 (37.7) | 51(39.8) | ≤0.001 |
| Yes | 137 (90.1) | 53 (39.3) | 80 (60.0) | 81 (62.3) | 77 (60.2) | ||
| Witnessed dental injures | No | 105 (69.1) | 94 (69.6) | 100 (74.6) | 98 (75.4) | 95 (74.2) | 0.684 |
| Yes | 47 (30.9) | 41 (30.4) | 34 (25.4) | 32 (24.6) | 33 (25.8) | ||
| Experienced dental injuries | No | 118 (77.6) | 102 (75.6) | 95 (70.9) | 102 (78.5) | 111 (86.7) | 0.040 |
| Yes | 34 (22.4) | 33 (24.4) | 39 (29.1) | 28 (21.5) | 17 (13.3) | ||
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Data are presented as whole numbers and percentages. *Statistical significance was tested by Chi square or Fisher's exact test. Statistical significance was set to p<0.05. | |||||||