Table 2 Associations between demographic/professional data of the participants and professional eye examination
From: Ocular health practices by dental surgeons in Southern Nigeria
Eye check | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes n (%) | No n (%) | X2 | P-value | |
Characteristics | ||||
Age (years) | 0.84 | 0.358 | ||
<30 | 41 (51.9) | 38 (48.1) | ||
>30 | 41 (59.4) | 28 (40.6) | ||
Gender | 0.16 | 0.686 | ||
Male | 47 (54.0) | 40 (46.0) | ||
Female | 35 (57.4) | 26 (42.6) | ||
Year of practice | 2.23 | 0.135 | ||
≤5 | 57 (51.8) | 53 (48.2) | ||
>5 | 25 (65.8) | 13 (34.2) | ||
Medicated glasses use | 55.43 | 0.001* | ||
Yes | 47 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
No | 35 (34.7) | 66 (65.3) | ||
Average number of patient treated per day | 0.49 | 0.484 | ||
1-3 | 45 (52.9) | 40 (47.1) | ||
>3 | 37 (58.7) | 26 (41.3) | ||
Total | 82 (55.4) | 66 (44.6) | ||