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

Table 5

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

	Variables	Median (IQR^‡)	Mean ± SD^†	Test result
Gender	Male	50 (20.0)	49.4 (17.0)	Z = −1.94
	Female	50 (30.0)	52.8 (17.0)
Education	BSc.^‡	50 (30.0)	51.9 (17.2)	Z = −1.47
	MSc.	40 (32.5)	46.9 (15.9)
Age (years)	22–23	50 (15.0)	51.9 (16.0)	X^2 = 0.93
	33–42	50 (30.0)	50.9 (18.7)
	43–52	40 (20.0)	47.5 (18.3)
Work experience (years)	1–9	50 (20.0)	51.5 (15.9)	X^2 = 0.34
	10–18	50 (32.5)	51.7 (19.6)
	19–28	40 (20.0)	48.7 (12.5)

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