Table 1.
Number of cases of oral candidiasis diagnosed each month by participating dentists, stratified according to socio-professional factors (gender, workplace and year and country of first degree qualification) (n = 330)
| Socio-professional factors | Cases of oral candidiasis diagnosed per month |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–1 | 2–3 | ≥4 | Total | P* | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 121 (65.4) | 52 (48.1) | 33 (89.2) | 206 (62.4) | 0.001 |
| Female | 64 (34.6) | 56 (51.9) | 4 (10.8) | 124 (37.6) | |
| Total | 185 (100) | 108 (100) | 37 (100) | 330 (100) | |
| Workplace | |||||
| Private practice | 100 (54.1) | 64 (59.3) | 30 (81.1) | 194 (58.8) | 0.010 |
| Public practice | 85 (45.9) | 44 (40.7) | 7 (18.9) | 136 (41.2) | |
| Total | 185 (100) | 108 (100) | 37 (100) | 330 (100) | |
| Year of first degree qualification | |||||
| 2001–2010 | 134 (72.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 134 (40.6) | 0.001 |
| 1991–2000 | 24 (13) | 104 (96.3) | 0 (0) | 128 (38.8) | |
| Before 1991 | 27 (14.6) | 4 (3.7) | 37 (100) | 68 (20.6) | |
| Total | 185 (100) | 108 (100) | 37 (100) | 330 (100) | |
| Country of first degree qualification | |||||
| Jordan | 127 (68.6) | 64 (59.3) | 0 (0) | 191 (57.9) | 0.001 |
| Other | 58 (31.4) | 44 (40.7) | 37 (100) | 139 (42.1) | |
| Total | 185 (100) | 108 (100) | 37 (100) | 330 (100) | |
*
Calculated using the chi-square test.