Research Article
Assessment of Paediatricians’ Oral Health Knowledge, Behaviour, and Attitude in the United Arab Emirates
Table 3
Correlation between the score of knowledge and paediatricians’ demographics.
| | Variables | N | Mean score of knowledge (±SD) | value |
| | Gender | | | | | Male | 102 | 5 (±1.67) | | | Female | 83 | 5 (±1.65) | 0.897 | | Title | | | | | Consultant | 57 | 5 (±1.58) | | | Resident | 25 | 5 (±1.89) | | | Specialist | 103 | 5 (±1.66) | 0.904 | | Years of experience | | | | | 2–5 | 37 | 5 (±1.87) | | | 6–10 | 46 | 5 (±1.69) | | | 11–15 | 41 | 4 (±1.42) | | | 16–20 | 30 | 5 (±1.69) | | | ≥21 | 31 | 6 (±1.38) | 0.040 | | Practice setting | | | | | Government practice | 126 | 5 (±1.70) | | | Private practice | 47 | 5 (±1.68) | | | Others | 12 | 5 (±0.96) | 0.523 | | Emirate | | | | | Abu Dhabi | 57 | 5 (±1.83) | | | Ajman | 9 | 4 (±1.45) | | | Dubai | 77 | 5 (±1.44) | | | Fujairah | 11 | 3 (±1.47) | | | Ras Al-Khaimah | 11 | 5 (±2.04) | | | Sharjah | 20 | 4 (±1.31) | 0.104 | | Specialty training area | | | | | Arab | 107 | 5 (±1.68) | | | Western | 47 | 6 (±1.58) | | | Indian Subcontinent | 28 | 4.5 (±1.62) | 0.031 |
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Statistically significant value as determined by the Mann–Whitney U test. |
