Table 6 Attitude towards stem cell application among the participants
From: Stem cells in Dentistry: knowledge and attitude of Nigerian Dentists
Attitude | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | P-value | |
n (%) | n (%) | ||
Characteristics | |||
Age (years) | 0.478 | ||
≤35 | 98 (73.7) | 35 (26.3) | |
>35 | 44 (78.6) | 12 (21.4) | |
Gender | 0.315 | ||
Male | 96 (77.4) | 28 (22.6) | |
Female | 46 (70.8) | 19 (29.2) | |
Religion | 0.904 | ||
Pentecostal Christianity | 80 (74.8) | 27 (25.2) | |
Orthodox Christianity | 49 (77.8) | 14 (22.2) | |
Islam | 12 (75.0) | 4 (25.0) | |
Years of practice | 0.191 | ||
≤5 | 82 (78.8) | 22 (21.2) | |
>5 | 60 (70.6) | 25 (29.4) | |
Qualification | 0.083 | ||
Basic | 46 (83.6) | 9 (16.4) | |
Additional | 96 (71.6) | 38 (28.4) | |
Type of practice | 0.159 | ||
Non specializing | 65 (80.2) | 16 (19.8) | |
Specializing/specialist | 77 (71.3) | 31 (28.7) | |
Awareness | 0.192 | ||
Yes | 118 (77.1) | 35 (22.9) | |
No | 24 (66.7) | 12 (33.3) | |