Table 5.
Association between respondents' demographics and graded knowledge
| Variables | Knowledge grade | Total | χ2 | d.f. | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor | Fair | Good | |||||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 212 (33.0) | 419 (65.3) | 11 (1.7) | 642 | 2.22 | 2 | 0.330 |
| Female | 153 (37.3) | 249 (60.7) | 8 (2.0) | 410 | |||
| Total | 365 (34.7) | 668 (63.5) | 19 (1.8) | 1,052 | |||
| Age (years) | |||||||
| 21–30 | 120 (34.4) | 229 (65.6) | 0 (0.0) | 349 | 22.47 | 4 | 0.000* |
| 31–50 | 207 (33.2) | 397 (63.7) | 19 (3.0) | 623 | |||
| 50 | 40 (51.3) | 38 (48.7) | 0 (0.0) | 78 | |||
| Total | 367 (35.0) | 664 (63.2) | 19 (1.8) | 1,050 | |||
| Years of practice | |||||||
| 1–15 | 276 (33.0) | 546 (65.3) | 14 (1.7) | 836 | 11.79 | 4 | 0.019* |
| 16–30 | 58 (39.2) | 86 (58.1) | 4 (2.7) | 148 | |||
| 30 | 10 (71.4) | 4 (28.6) | 0 (0.0) | 14 | |||
| Total | 344 (34.5) | 636 (63.7) | 18 (1.8) | 998 | |||
| Sector | |||||||
| Private | 54 (32.9) | 106 (64.6) | 4 (2.4) | 164 | 0.69 | 2 | 0.708 |
| Public | 296 (35.1) | 534 (63.2) | 14 (1.7) | 844 | |||
| Total | 350 (34.7) | 640 (63.5) | 18 (1.8) | 1,008 | |||
| No. of patients per week | |||||||
| 1–10 | 121 (36.4) | 208 (62.7) | 3 (0.9) | 332 | 9.08 | 4 | 0.060 |
| 11–20 | 116 (32.9) | 233 (66.0) | 4 (1.1) | 353 | |||
| 20 | 110 (32.5) | 216 (63.9) | 12 (3.6) | 338 | |||
| Total | 347 (33.9) | 657 (64.2) | 19 (1.9) | 1,023 | |||
| Dentine hypersensitivity patients per week | |||||||
| 1–10 | 296 (34.5) | 548 (63.9) | 13 (1.5) | 857 | 3.62 | 4 | 0.460 |
| 11–20 | 20 (32.8) | 39 (63.9) | 2 (3.3) | 61 | |||
| 20 | 5 (35.7) | 8 (57.1) | 1 (7.1) | 14 | |||
| Total | 321 (34.4) | 595 (63.8) | 16 (1.7) | 932 | |||
*
P-value significant at ≤0.05.d.f., degrees of freedom.