The impact of COVID-19 on knowledge, attitude, and infection control behaviors among dentists

BMC Oral Health

Table 2 Characteristics of the participants’ institutions before and after the COVID-19 outbreak

Characteristics of the participant’s institution	Before COVID-19 (N = 276)		After COVID-19 (N = 251)		P-value^a
Characteristics of the participant’s institution	N	%	N	%	P-value^a
Setting level
Hospital	57	20.88	67	27.02	0.1004
Clinic	216	79.12	181	72.98	0.1004
PGY teaching and training institution
Yes	76	28.68	55	22.18	0.0993
No	189	71.32	193	77.82	0.0993
Number of dentists
1	120	43.8	115	45.82	0.6228
2 ~ 10	122	44.5	102	40.63
> 10	32	11.62	34	13.59
Number of dental assistants
0 ~ 5	182	66.66	175	70.56	0.5365
6 ~ 10	49	17.96	36	14.53
> 10	42	15.4	37	14.89
Number of dental clinic chair
1 ~ 5	191	69.71	184	73.3	0.1107
6 ~ 10	56	20.43	35	13.95
> 10	27	9.75	32	12.8
Location of medical institution
Taipei	93	33.7	88	35.7	0.3454
Northern region	32	11.59	26	10.36
Central Region	77	27.9	54	21.51
Southern region	28	10.15	39	15.54
Kaohsiung Pingtung	39	14.14	36	14.35
Eastern Region	7	2.54	8	3.18

Variables with missing values: Setting level (before 3; after 3); PGY teaching and training institution (before 11; after 3); Number of dentists (before 2); Number of dental chairs (before 2)
^aChi-squared test

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