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Table 1 Participants’ demographic information and attitudes and awareness toward medical-dental collaboration
| Item (N = 1137 respondents) | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Demographic information | |
| Curriculum | |
| Medicine | 579 (51) |
| Dentistry | 558 (49) |
| Year of study | |
| Year 1–3 | 721 (63) |
| Year 4–5 | 416 (37) |
| Age, years | |
| ≤ 20 | 754 (66) |
| > 21 | 383 (34) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 332 (29) |
| Female | 805 (71) |
| Having a family physician | |
| Yes | 230 (20) |
| No | 907 (80) |
| Last dental check-up | |
| < 1 year | 406 (36) |
| ≥ 1 year | 21 (2) |
| No regular dental check-up | 710 (62) |
| Attitude and awareness | |
| Dentist is a profession similar to medical practitioners | |
| Yes | 1,113 (98) |
| No | 24 (2) |
| Oral health is an integral part of general health | |
| Yes | 1,100 (97) |
| No | 37 (3) |
| Dentists should be included in electronic health record system | |
| Yes | 1,101 (97) |
| No | 36 (3) |
| Medical-dental collaboration enhances quality of patient care | |
| Yes | 1,085 (95) |
| No | 52 (5) |
| Dentist is responsible to advise patients on systemic health | |
| Yes | 980 (86) |
| No | 157 (14) |
| Physician is responsible to advise patients on oral health | |
| Yes | 1,042 (92) |
| No | 95 (8) |
| Dental students should have a rotation in medicine | |
| Yes | 766 (67) |
| No | 371 (33) |
| Medical students should have a rotation in dentistry | |
| Yes | 752 (66) |
| No | 385 (34) |
| Aware of any collaboration between dentistry and medicine | |
| Yes | 979 (86) |
| No | 158 (14) |
