Research Article

Assessment of Elementary School Teachers’ Level of Knowledge and Attitude regarding Traumatic Dental Injuries in the United Arab Emirates

Table 5

Relationship between self-assessment and sociodemographic factors and first aid training.

VariablesKnowledgeNeed future educationProper action
EnoughNot enoughYesNoYesNo
(%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)

Gender
 Male3 (21)11 (79)11 (79)3 (21)5 (36)9 (64)
 Female19 (7)254 (93)218 (80)53 (20)100 (37)166 (63)
Age
 <3510 (7)136 (93)111 (77)34 (23)46 (32)97 (68)
 36–456 (6)95 (94)86 (85)15 (15)39 (39)60 (61)
 >4569 (15)34 (85)32 (82)7 (18)20 (19)18 (11)
Position
 Educator14 (6)228 (94)193 (80)47 (20)84 (36)152 (64)
 Health teacher3 (21)
11 (79)
14 (100)
0 (0)
7 (54)
6 (46)
 Administration3 (13)21 (87)20 (83)4 (17)9 (38)15 (63)
First aid
 Yes11 (8)131 (92)116 (82)26 (18)51 (37)88 (63)
 No11 (8)131 (92)111 (79)29 (21)53 (38)85 (62)

Based on Chi-square test, .