Table 2. Estimated knowledge related to hepatitis B virus (HBV) among dentistry students based on difference in the absolute number of correct answers analyzed by independent-samples t-test.
| Number of correct answers to HBV-related questions (out of 36) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | SD | % of total number | |||
| Current year of study | 1 | 50 | 12.86 | 6.58 | 35.7 | <0.001 |
| 2 | 40 | 23.30 | 4.54 | 64.7 | ||
| 3 | 24 | 24.75 | 4.16 | 68.8 | ||
| 4 | 14 | 24.29 | 7.38 | 67.5 | ||
| 5 | 24 | 24.04 | 3.59 | 66.8 | ||
| 6 | 54 | 24.44 | 5.50 | 67.9 | ||
| Gender | Male | 41 | 22.41 | 8.87 | 62.3 | 0.312 |
| Female | 165 | 21.13 | 6.80 | 58.7 | ||
| Passed Internal Medicine Exam | No | 114 | 19.02 | 7.73 | 52.8 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 92 | 24.33 | 5.34 | 67.6 | ||
| Passed Occupational Diseases in Dentistry Exam | No | 148 | 20.07 | 7.67 | 55.8 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 58 | 24.74 | 4.63 | 68.7 | ||