Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of Dental Assistants regarding Dental Asepsis and Sterilization in the Dental Workplace

Table 3

Analysis of variance for age, health system affiliation, diploma, and years of experience according to mean knowledge score.

Independent variables	Knowledge score (mean)	value (<0.05)
Age
19-20	75.23
21–29	74.10
30–39	74.33
40–49	75.50	0.237
Health system affiliation
Private practice	76.30
Hospital	74.25	0.005
Having diploma in dental assistant program
Yes	74.20
No	74.57	0.709
Years of experience in practice
Less than 2 years	75.61
2–5 years	73.96
More than 5 years	74.42	0.031