Knowledge about preventive dentistry versus self-reported competence in providing preventive oral healthcare – a study among Nepalese dentists

Table 5 Analysis of the 4 new Factors after Factor analyses (Varimax rotation) of 12 dental health preventive knowledge statements, mean (sd) score in each Factor, proportion of respondents who loaded highest on the individual Factors

		Factors
PK statements^a	General knowledge Factor 1	Theory Factor 2	Fluoride knowledge Factor 3	Visit dentist Factor 4
Missing	18	10	7	59
Mean per statement (sd)	1.58 (0.34)	1.69 (0.38)	2.53 (0.55)	1.95 (0.44)
Range	1.33	1.33	3.00	2.00
Respondents with only 1 factor loading^b n (%)	2 (1.0)	4 (2.1)	147 (75.4)	11 (5.6)
Bivariate significant difference
Sex Age Educated in Nepal/Abroad Sector (priv./publ.)	NS NS NS NS	NS NS NS NS	NS NS NS p = 0.042	NS NS NS p = 0.009

^aPK Statements in full text in Table 2
^b84.5% of the respondents loaded highest on one specific Factor. Most frequently, when several Factors loaded equally: Factor 3 + 4: 13 (6.7%); Factor 2 + 3 + 4: 9 (4.6%)
Bold numbers correspondes to the significant numbers

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