Table 3. Estimated knowledge related to hepatitis C virus (HCV) among dentistry students based on difference in the absolute number of correct answers analyzed by independent-samples t-test.
| Number of correct answers to HCV-related questions (out of 30) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | SD | % of total number | |||
| Current year of study | 1 | 50 | 10.76 | 4.24 | 35.9 | <0.001 |
| 2 | 40 | 15.20 | 4.08 | 50.7 | ||
| 3 | 24 | 16.04 | 3.61 | 53.5 | ||
| 4 | 14 | 17.86 | 3.44 | 59.5 | ||
| 5 | 24 | 16.33 | 2.65 | 54.4 | ||
| 6 | 54 | 16.24 | 4.24 | 54.1 | ||
| Gender | Male | 41 | 15.73 | 4.70 | 52.4 | 0.146 |
| Female | 165 | 14.58 | 4.51 | 48.6 | ||
| Passed Internal Medicine Exam | Ne | 114 | 13.47 | 4.68 | 44.9 | <0.001 |
| Da | 92 | 16.46 | 3.82 | 54.9 | ||
| Passed Occupational Diseases in Dentistry Exam | Ne | 148 | 14.31 | 4.67 | 47.7 | 0.012 |
| Da | 58 | 16.07 | 4.01 | 53.6 | ||