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Table 4 Association between dentists’ opinion and independent variables

From: Practices and opinions on nitrous oxide/oxygen sedation from dentists licensed to perform relative analgesia in Brazil

Independent variables

Dentists’ opinion(a)

p*

Less favorable

More favorable

Gender, n (%)

  

0.04

Female

30 (39.0%)

47 (61.0%)

 

Male

25 (58.1%)

18 (41.9%)

 

Region of practice, n (%)

  

0.36

Southeast or South

42 (43.3%)

55 (56.7%)

 

Midwest, North or Northeast

13 (56.5%)

10 (43.5%)

 

Equipment acquisition**, n (%)

  

0.65

Yes

37 (44.0%)

47 (56.0%)

 

No

17 (48.6%)

18 (51.4%)

 

RA practice**, n (%)

  

<0.01

Yes

31 (36.0%)

55 (64.0%)

 

No

23 (69.7%)

10 (30.3%)

 

Frequency of RA practice**, n (%)

  

<0.001

Low

50 (55.6%)

40 (44.4%)

 

High

5 (17.9%)

23 (82.1%)

 

Age (yr), mean (SD)

38.8 (8.0)

39.2 (10.7)

0.07

Length of time since graduation (yr), mean (SD)

15.8 (8.0)

15.9 (10.6)

0.06

  1. (a) Dentists’ opinions were divided into two groups (cluster analysis); 7 questionnaires were excluded from this analysis because they had incomplete items in Part 2.
  2. *Chi-Square test and Student’s t-test.
  3. ** Variables with missing data because several participants did not answer the item.