Table 4.

Statistical data regarding comparative analysis of the six countries

	France/Georgia	France/Portugal	France/Slovakia	France/Turkey	France/Poland	Georgia/Portugal	Georgia/Slovakia	Georgia/Turkey	Georgia/Poland	Portugal/Slovakia	Portugal/Turkey	Portugal/Poland	Slovakia/Turkey	Slovakia/Poland	Turkey/Poland
Q1
I know what it is	0.691	0.0001*	0.287	0.002*	0.004*	0.022*	0.882	0.115	0.151	0.006*	0.199	0.195	0.086	0.132	0.891
I practice	0.628	0.415	0.233	0.002*	0.554	1	0.888	0.178	0.983	0.483	0.0001*	0.837	0.124	0.366	0.001*
Dentists should practice it	0.519	0.913	1	1	0.107	0.523	0.576	0.488	0.761	1	0.845	0.021*	1	0.123	0.021*
No idea	0.483	0.0001*	0.028*	0.189	0.219	0.005*	0.019*	0.093	0.104	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.113	0.155	0.174	0.963
Q2
UDE	0.151	0.0001*	0.658	0.738	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.056	0.217	0.0001*	0.002*	0.0001*	0.395	0.171	0.001*	0.0001*
CDE	0.754	0.0001*	0.014*	0.0001*	0.005*	0.0001*	0.216	0.001*	0.124	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.018*	0.858	0.003*
No idea for UDE	0.548	0.002*	1	0.711	0.189	n.a.	0.311	0.604	1	0.001*	0.0001*	0.024*	0.511	0.204	0.373
No idea for CDE	1	0.129	0.222	0.208	0.264	n.a.	0.318	0.229	n.a.	0.0001*	0.0001*	n.a.	1	0.002*	0.0001*
No idea for both	0.058	0.0001*	0.183	0.005*	0.434	0.0001*	0.508	1	0.001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.216	0.003*	0.0001*
Q3
UDE	0.021*	0.0001*	0.076	0.021*	0.414	0.338	0.474	0.469	0.055	0.001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.958	0.207	0.028*
CDE	0.252	0.0001*	0.007*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.435	0.0001*	0.008*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.032*	0.0001*
No idea for UDE	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	0.078	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	0.374	n.a.	n.a.	0.0001*	n.a.	0.087	n.a.	0.006*
No idea for CDE	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	0.587	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	1	n.a.	n.a.	0.019*	n.a.	0.576	n.a.	0.148
No idea for both	0.337	0.016*	0.019*	0.078	0.117	0.0001*	0.374	0.777	0.001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	n.a.	0.293	0.0001*	0.0001*
Q4
Yes	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
No
No idea
Q5
Dentists	0.675	0.002*	0.026*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.117	0.277	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.707	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.001*	0.017*
Patients	0.653	0.0001*	0.115	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.336	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.077
Public	0.638	0.0001*	0.031*	0.081	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.336	0.718	0.035*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.376	0.396	0.005*
Dental profession	0.011*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.669	0.762	0.447	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.865	0.902	0.383
No idea	1	0.016*	0.586	0.261	0.031*	0.074	0.518	0.397	0.082	0.154	0.051	0.0001*	1	0.003*	0.0001*
Other	0.548	0.002*	0.031*	0.008*	0.018*	n.a.	0.005*	n.a.	n.a.	0.0001*	n.a.	n.a.	0.0001*	n.a.	0.0001*
Q6
Yes	n.a.	0.331	n.a.	0.913	n.a.	0.0001*	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	0.056	0.084	0.0001*	0.081	n.a.	0.0001*
No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
No idea	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Q7
Lack of time	0.883	0.0001*	0.669	0.196	0.994	0.032*	0.499	0.671	0.927	0.0001*	0.001*	0.0001*	0.023*	0.417	0.074
Lack of financial incentives	0.422	0.001*	0.031*	0.013*	0.673	0.268	0.376	0.591	0.607	1	0.449	0.0001*	0.821	0.041*	0.007*
Lack of necessary education on EBD	0.037*	0.017*	0.192	0.038*	0.501	0.0001*	0.001*	0.0001*	0.002*	0.627	0.771	0.018*	0.791	0.339	0.058
Lack of necessary publications on EBD	1	0.727	0.077	0.187	0.364	0.686	0.058	0.165	0.681	0.068	0.098	0.007*	0.413	0.001*	0.0001*
Lack of necessary websites on EBD	0.453	0.544	0.322	0.738	0.839	0.065	0.041*	0.083	0.543	0.534	0.805	0.069	0.426	0.092	0.201
Lack of EB clinical guidelines for dental care	1	0.038*	0.005*	0.007*	0.073	0.242	0.037*	0.089	0.297	0.117	0.243	0.948	0.412	0.144	0.308
Lack of EB clinical decision support systems	1	0.0001*	0.002*	0.017*	0.604	0.004*	0.003*	0.039*	0.615	0.391	0.218	0.0001*	0.126	0.004*	0.024*
Limited evidence in the dental field	1	0.361	0.202	0.0001*	0.888	0.601	0.166	0.0001*	0.776	0.006*	0.0001*	0.027*	0.001*	0.216	0.0001*
Lack of awareness on EBD	0.146	0.0001*	0.003*	0.011*	0.0001*	0.062	0.549	1	0.031*	0.349	0.0001*	0.338	0.273	0.116	0.0001*
Lack of continuing education courses on EBD	0.981	0.0001*	0.031*	0.094	0.0001*	0.002*	0.037*	0.118	0.0001*	0.736	0.004*	0.344	0.328	0.302	0.003*
EBD being perceived as time consuming	0.706	0.977	0.941	0.527	0.229	0.555	1	0.271	0.693	0.577	0.251	0.047*	0.245	0.399	0.007*
Lack of practical ways to reach to best evidence	0.125	0.488	0.072	0.276	0.001*	0.281	1	0.549	0.617	0.123	0.461	0.0001*	0.285	0.318	0.005*
Limited knowledge regarding the quality of evidence (appraisal of evidence)	1	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.223	0.639	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.293	0.915	0.154	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.002*	0.0001*	0.003*
Others	0.539	0.016*	1	0.102	0.171	n.a.	1	1	1	0.023*	0.373	0.292	0.138	0.223	1
Q8
Creating awareness	0.218	0.001*	0.004*	0.003*	0.036*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.003*	0.771	0.671	0.089	0.591	0.166	0.226
Developing EB clinical guidelines	0.962	0.209	0.036*	0.686	0.002*	0.229	0.051	0.662	0.006*	0.147	0.096	0.002*	0.012*	0.619	0.0001*
Developing EB clinical decision support systems	1	0.012*	0.0001*	0.047*	0.0001*	0.117	0.0001*	0.228	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.484	0.0001*	0.0001*	1	0.0001*
Organising continuing education courses on EBD	1	0.747	0.076	0.851	0.201	1	0.228	1	0.478	0.031*	0.848	0.099	0.029*	0.371	0.097
Negotiating with the authorities for financial incentives to foster implementation of EBD into practice	1	0.001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.0001*	0.018*	0.003*	0.001*	0.0001*	0.134	0.051	0.0001*	0.802	0.138	0.011*
Attempts to overcome the barriers to implementation of EBD into practice	0.416	0.003*	0.011*	0.027*	0.015*	0.431	0.338	0.752	0.567	0.682	0.328	0.767	0.341	0.594	0.607
None	0.539	0.275	0.199	0.178	0.171	1	n.a.	1	1	0.597	0.716	0.679	1	1	1
Other	n.a.	n.a.	0.002*	1	0.567	n.a.	0.029*	1	1	0.0001*	0.373	0.024*	0.0001*	0.001*	0.309
Q9
Yes	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
No
No idea

CDE, continuing dental education; EB, evidence-based; EBD, evidence-based dentistry; UDE, undergraduate dental education. n.a, statistical comparison was not applicable because of the low response rate.

^*Difference is statistically significant (P < 0.05).