TABLE 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics and clinical information-seeking behaviors of dental practitioners
| DP characteristic (no. of DPs responding to question) | Value |
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|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | Median (IQR) | |
| Gender (556) | |||
| Male | 396 | 71.2 | |
| Female | 160 | 28.8 | |
| Age (yrs) (529) | 53 (41–60) | ||
| Residence (549) | |||
| Northwest | 191 | 34.8 | |
| South | 169 | 30.7 | |
| Center | 75 | 13.7 | |
| Northeast | 73 | 13.3 | |
| Islands | 41 | 7.5 | |
| Academic degree (557) | |||
| Medicine | 218 | 39.1 | |
| Dentistry | 339 | 60.9 | |
| No. of yrs in practice (545) | 25 (13–31) | ||
| Advising patients about antibiotic regimen (563) | |||
| No | 220 | 39.1 | |
| Yes | 343 | 60.9 | |
| Advising patients about consequences of nonadherence to therapy (563) | |||
| No | 93 | 17.4 | |
| Yes | 470 | 83.5 | |
| Asking about history of high-risk conditions (563) | |||
| No | 137 | 24.3 | |
| Yes | 426 | 75.7 | |
| Asking about antibiotic use in the previous wk (563) | |||
| No | 102 | 18.1 | |
| Yes | 461 | 81.9 | |
| Knowledge of guidelines (563) | |||
| No | 251 | 44.6 | |
| Yes | 312 | 55.4 | |
| Need for more information on the topic (563) | |||
| No | 117 | 20.8 | |
| Yes | 446 | 79.2 | |