Infection Control Measures in Private Dental Clinics in Lebanon

Table 5

Levels of compliance with infection control practices in private dental clinics in Lebanon (2015) according to sociodemographic variables and work experience. The level of compliance is expressed as excellent, good, fair, or poor according to the percentage of correct answers to the questions listed in the Appendix. The difference in the total number of respondents for each variable is due to missing data in the filled-out questionnaire forms.

Factor	Excellent compliance (86–100% of correct answers)	Good compliance; (66–85% of correct answers)	Fair compliance (50–65% of correct answers)	Poor compliance (<50% of correct answers)	Percentage of correct answers (mean ± SD)
Gender
Female ()	2.3%	40.5%	23.1%	34.1%	54.93 ± 21.99
Male ()	6.6%	27.0%	29.9%	36.5%	53.67 ± 21.99
Total (n = 417)	4.8%	32.6%	27.1%	35.5%	54.20 ± 21.97
Type of practice
General practitioner ()	6.2%	31.7%	28.0%	34.2%	54.70 ± 22.54
Specialist ()	2.9%	34.5%	26.3%	36.3%	54.06 ± 20.72
Total (n = 414)	4.8%	32.9%	27.3%	35.0%	54.44 ± 21.78
Region of practice
Beirut ()	7.8%	28.2%	26.2%	37.9%	52.90 ± 24.11
Beqaa ()	2.6%	33.3%	17.9%	46.2%	50.40 ± 24.52
Mount Lebanon ()	3.5%	38.2%	31.2%	27.1%	58.36 ± 18.34
South Lebanon/Nabatieh ()	6.0%	26.0%	24.0%	44.0%	50.90 ± 23.57
North Lebanon ()	3.9%	29.4%	27.5%	39.2%	51.86 ± 21.24
Total (n = 413)	4.8%	32.7%	27.4%	35.1%	54.54 ± 21.66
Years of experience
≤5 ()	6.0%	33.7%	30.1%	30.1%	57.00 ± 20.74
5–10 ()	7.0%	31.0%	25.4%	36.6%	53.42 ± 22.75
11–15 ()	3.9%	36.8%	31.6%	27.6%	57.08 ± 19.12
16–20 ()	2.4%	39.0%	23.2%	35.4%	55.26 ± 20.87
>20	3.8%	25.0%	26.9%	44.2%	49.57 ± 24.03
Total (n = 416)	4.6%	32.7%	27.4%	35.3%	54.20 ± 21.80