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Table 4 Respondents' rating of the CSN they had treated according to years post graduation and self rated knowledge of management

From: Knowledge and behavior of Nigerian dentists concerning the treatment of children with special needs

Rating of treated children

Years post-graduation

Don't know (%)

Cooperative(%)

Uncooperative(%)

Total

<5

11 (7.6)

55 (38.2)

78 (54.2)

144

6–10

9 (11.8)

34 (44.7)

33 (43.4)

76

11–15

1 (4.5)

10 (45.5)

11 (50.0)

22

16–20

3 (15.0)

7 (35.0)

10 (50.0)

20

>20

0

7 (38.9)

11 (61.1)

18

Chisq = 19.49 p = 0.07

Knowledge of management

Don't know

  

1 (100.0)

1

Adequate

2 (3.6)

26 (47.3)

27 (49.1)

55

Fairly adequate

4 (2.2)

75 (41.4)

102 (56.4)

181

Inadequate

18 (41.9)

12 (27.9)

13 (30.2)

43

Chisq = 83.0 p = 0.0*

Total

24 (8.6)

113 (40.3)

143 (51.1)

280 (100)

  1. *Significant