Knowledge, dentist confidence and management of periodontal patients among general dentists from Belarus, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova and Romania

Table 6 Predictors of knowledge comparisons among GDs *

	Belarus		Lithuania		Macedonia		Moldova		Romania
PREDICTORS	Adj. R² = 0.041		Adj. R² = 0.097		Adj. R² = 0.092		Adj. R² = 0.067		Adj. R² = 0.030
PREDICTORS	β coeff.	p	β coeff.	p	β coeff.	p	β coeff.	p	β coeff.	p
Practice location	0.031	0.558	0.098	0.028	0.011	0.836	0.049	0.386	0.029	0.587
Working in a group practice	0.003	0.951	0.124	0.006	0.011	0.835	0.048	0.405	0.016	0.543
Clinical experience > 5 years	0.066	0.190	0.135	0.004	0.024	0.645	0.038	0.503	0.002	0.967
Radiography for periodontal diagnosis	0.054	0.281	0.012	0.905	0.065	0.216	0.215	< 0.001	0.141	0.011
Medical history including medications	0.165	0.001	0.083	0.082	0.283	< 0.001	0.132	0.042	0.021	0.726
Family history of periodontal diseases	0.007	0.985	0.079	0.131	0.098	0.719	0.046	0.473	0.158	0.006
Periodontal risk assessment	0.098	0.050	0.054	0.276	0.221	0.036	0.065	0.301	0.085	0.134

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