Table 1 Association between demographic/professional data of the participants and perceived ocular health
From: Ocular health practices by dental surgeons in Southern Nigeria
Perception of ocular health | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor/fair n (%) | Good/excellent n (%) | X2 | P-value | |
Characteristics | ||||
Age (years) | 1.22 | 0.270 | ||
≤30 | 17 (21.5) | 62 (78.5) | ||
>30 | 10 (14.5) | 59 (85.5) | ||
Gender | 0.66 | 0.418 | ||
Male | 14 (16.1) | 73 (83.9) | ||
Female | 13 (21.3) | 48 (78.7) | ||
Year of practice | 0.27 | 0.603 | ||
≤5 | 19 (17.3) | 91 (82.7) | ||
>5 | 8 (21.1) | 30 (78.9) | ||
Medicated glasses use | 6.15 | 0.013* | ||
Yes | 14 (29.8) | 33 (70.2) | ||
No | 13 (12.9) | 88 (87.1) | ||
Average number of patient treated per day | 0.05 | 0.827 | ||
1-3 | 15 (17.6) | 70 (82.4) | ||
>3 | 12 (19.0) | 51 (81.0) | ||
Total | 27 (18.2) | 121 (81.8) | ||