Research Article
Assessment of Paediatricians’ Oral Health Knowledge, Behaviour, and Attitude in the United Arab Emirates
Table 1
Demographic characteristics, educational level, and occupation of paediatricians.
| | Gender | No. (%) |
| | Males | 102 (55.1) | | Females | 83 (44.9) | | Professional title | | | Consultant | 57 (30.8) | | Specialist | 103 (55.7) | | Resident | 25 (13.5) | | Years of experience | | | 2–5 | 37 (20) | | 6–10 | 46 (24.9) | | 11–15 | 41 (22.2) | | 16–20 | 30 (16.1) | | ≥21 | 31 (16.8) | | Practice setting | | | Government practice | 126 (68.1) | | Private practice | 47 (25.4) | | Others | 12 (6.5) | | Emirate | | | Abu Dhabi | 57 (30.8) | | Dubai | 77 (41.6) | | Sharjah | 20 (10.9) | | Ajman | 9 (4.9) | | Ras Al-Khaimah | 11 (5.9) | | Fujairah | 11 (5.9) | | Um Al Quwain | 0 | | Country of specialty training | | | UAE | 51 (28) | | USA | 8 (4.4) | | UK | 28 (15.4) | | Sudan | 11 (6.0) | | India | 21 (11.5) | | Jordan | 11 (6.0) | | KSA | 4 (2.2) | | Iraq | 4 (2.2) | | Ireland | 3 (1.6) | | Germany | 6 (3.3) | | Egypt | 22 (12.1) | | Canada | 2 (1.1) | | Pakistan | 5 (2.7) | | South Africa | 2 (1.1) | | Kuwait | 1 (0.5) | | Syria | 2 (1.1) | | Yemen | 1 (0.5) |
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