Table 1 Distribution of Respondents' self-rated knowledge of management of CSN according to age and years post graduation
From: Knowledge and behavior of Nigerian dentists concerning the treatment of children with special needs
Knowledge of management | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | Don't know (%) | Adequate (%) | Fairly adequate (%) | Inadequate(%) | Total (%) |
<30 | 0 | 16 (15.7) | 73 (71.6) | 13 (12.7) | 102 |
30–39 | 1 (0.8) | 21 (16.9) | 79 (63.7) | 23 (18.5) | 124 |
>40 | 0 | 17 (31.5 | 29 (53.7) | 8 (14.8) | 54 |
Chi sq 9.47 p = 0.14 | |||||
Years post graduation | |||||
<5 | 0 | 27 (18.7) | 94 (65.3) | 23 (16.0) | 144 |
6–10 | 1 (1.3) | 10 (13.2) | 54 (71.0) | 11 (14.5) | 76 |
11–15 | 0 | 2 (9.1) | 17 (77.3) | 3 (13.6) | 22 |
16–20 | 0 | 7 (35.0) | 7 (35.0) | 6 (30.0) | 20 |
>20 | 0 | 8 (44.5) | 9 (50.0) | 1 (5.5) | 18 |
Chisq = 22.1 p = 0.03* | |||||
Total | 1 (0.4) | 54 (19.3%) | 181 (64.6) | 44 (15.7) | 280 (100.0) |