Table 2.
Knowledge score of dental erosion by age, academic field and geographic remoteness (n = 418)
| Knowledge score of dental erosion [n (%)] | Unadjusteda B coefficient | p value | Adjustedb B coefficient | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Age in yearsc | ||||||||
| 18–20 | 6 (6.6) | 68 (74.7) | 12 (13.2) | 5 (5.5) | − 0.012 (− 0.021, − 0.004) | 0.004* | 0.006 (− 0.001, 0.012) | 0.095 |
| 21–30 | 14 (5.5) | 175 (69.2) | 40 (15.8) | 24 (9.5) | ||||
| 31–40 | 7 (15.2) | 32 (69.6) | 3 (6.5) | 4 (8.7) | ||||
| 41–72 | 5 (17.9) | 22 (78.6) | 1 (3.6) | 0 (0) | ||||
| Academic field | ||||||||
| Dentistry | 1 (1.0) | 40 (38.1) | 35 (33.3) | 29 (27.6) | 0.883 (0.754, 1.011) | < 0.001* | 0.863 (0.746, 0.980) | < 0.001* |
| Oral Health | 0 (0) | 15 (71.5) | 2 (9.5) | 4 (19.0) | 0.275 (− 0.030, 0.579) | 0.071 | 0.420 (0.196, 0.645) | < 0.001* |
| Clinical Science | 2 (6.3) | 28 (87.4) | 2 (6.3) | 0 (0) | − 0.233 (− 0.483, 0.017) | 0.068 | 0.861 | |
| Pharmacy | 2 (10.0) | 18 (90.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | − 0.331 (− 0.642, − 0.020) | 0.037* | 0.634 | |
| Medical Science | 4 (7.5) | 48 (90.6) | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0) | − 0.311 (− 0.510, − 0.113) | 0.002* | 0.292 | |
| Paramedicine | 6 (17.6) | 28 (82.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | − 0.426 (− 0.667, − 0.186) | 0.001* | 0.250 | |
| Physiotherapy | 8 (7.5) | 87 (82.1) | 11 (10.4) | 0 (0) | − 0.251 (− 0.402, − 0.099) | 0.001* | 0.073 | |
| Science | 9 (19.2) | 33 (70.2) | 5 (10.6) | 0 (0) | − 0.338 (− 0.547, − 0.130) | 0.002* | 0.794 | |
| Geographic remoteness | ||||||||
| Australian major city | 14 (8.5) | 104 (63.0) | 28 (17.0) | 19 (11.5) | 0.165 (0.029, 0.301) | 0.017* | 0.192 | |
| Australian regional & Remote | 15 (6.2) | 187 (77.6) | 26 (10.8) | 13 (5.4) | − 0.146 (− 0.280, − 0.012) | 0.033* | 0.192 | |
| Overseas | 3 (25.0) | 6 (50.0) | 2 (16.7) | 1 (8.3) | − 0.136 (− 0.536, 0.264) | 0.504 | − 0.420 (− 0.717, − 0.124) | 0.006* |
| Awareness of dental erosion | ||||||||
| Aware | 3 (0.8) | 293 (76.1) | 56 (14.5) | 33 (8.6) | 1.188 (0.968, 1.407) | < 0.001* | 0.983 (0.796, 1.170) | < 0.001* |
| Not aware | 29 (87.9) | 4 (12.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||||
*p < 0.05
aUnstandardized B coefficient in the univariate regression model
bUnstandardized B coefficient in the multivariate regression model
cAge calculated as years in statistical analysis—age ranges presented in the table to reduce the table length