Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Iranian Nurses towards Toothbrush Maintenance and Use

Table 4

Relationship between nurses’ attitude of toothbrush maintenance and use with demographic variables.

	Variables	Median (IQR^‡)	Mean ± SD^†	Test result
Gender	Male	66.7 (33.3)	62.9 (21.7)	Z = −1.10
	Female	66.7 (33.3)	65.0 (19.9)
Education	BSc.^‡	66.7 (33.3)	64.4 (20.3)	Z = −0.26
	MSc.	66.7 (33.3)	61.5 (24.8)
Age (years)	22–32	66.7 (25.0)	63.5 (20.5)	X^2 = 0.90
	33–42	66.7 (33.3)	65.3 (20.8)
	43–52	58.4 (41.7)	64.5 (24.3)
Work experience age (years)	1–9	66.7 (33.3)	63.8 (20.7)	X^2 = 0.61
	10–18	66.7 (33.3)	65.2 (20.8)
	19–28	66.7 (16.7)	62.5 (19.4)

^‡Interquartile range; ^†standard deviation; ^‡Bachelor of Science; Master of Science.