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Table 3 Differences in the dental tweets between years 2019 and 2020 according to the predefined classifications

From: Pattern of dental needs and advice on Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia

  

n (%)

p value

2019

2020

Presence/absence of pain

Yes

86 (23.4)

213 (35.4)

 < 0.001*

 

No

282 (76.6)

389 (64.6)

 

Expressed urgency

Yes

25 (6.8)

96 (15.9)

 < 0.001*

 

No

343 (93.2)

506 (84.1)

 

Advice

Yes

227 (27.3)

112 (22.8)

0.078

 

No

605 (72.7)

380 (77.2)

 

Advisor

Dental

0 (0.0)

12 (5.3)

0.010*

 

Non-dental

110 (100.0)

215 (94.7)

 
  1. *Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05