Table 2 The attitude of the dental professionals towards tropical infectious diseases and oral health (classification)
Content of questionnaire | Gender | Education background | Professional identity | Professional title | Tropics working experience | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male (121) | Female (115) | p value | Post-graduate (174) | Graduate (54) | Junior (8) | p value | Doctor (211) | Nurse (25) | p value | Senior (26) | Intermediate (126) | Junior (84) | p value | Yes (24) | No (212) | p value | |
Yes/No | Yes/No | Yes/No | Yes/No | Yes/No | Yes/No | Yes/No | Yes/No | Yes/No | Yes/No | Yes/No | Yes/No | ||||||
Focus on tropical infectious diseases and oral health | 51/70 42.1% | 36/79 31.3% | 0.08 | 63/111 36.2% | 22/32 40.7% | 2/6 25.0% | 0.65△ | 78/13335.3% | 9/16 36.0% | 0.98 | 11/15 42.3% | 44/82 34.9% | 32/52 38.1% | 0.74△ | 14/10 58.3% | 73/13934.4% | 0.02* |
Study on tropical infectious diseases and oral health systematically | 34/87 28.1% | 22/93 19.1% | 0.11 | 44/130 25.3% | 12/42 22.2% | 0/8 0% | 0.25△ | 49/162 22.2% | 7/18 28.0% | 0.82 | 7/19 26.9% | 32/94 25.4% | 17/67 20.2% | 0.64△ | 10/14 41.7% | 46/166 21.7% | 0.03* |
If working in non-tropics, it is necessary to learn about infectious diseases and oral health systematically. § | 97/24 80.2% | 94/21 81.7% | 0.76 | 135/39 77.6% | 48/6 88.9% | 6/2 75.0% | 0.07△ | 169/42 76.5% | 22/3 88.0% | 0.44 | 23/3 88.5% | 101/25 80.2% | 67/17 79.8% | 0.58△ | 23/1 95.8% | 168/44 79.2% | 0.09 |
If working in tropics, it is necessary to learn about infectious diseases and oral health systematically. # | 117/4 96.7% | 110/5 95.7% | 0.68 | 168/6 96.6% | 52/2 96.3% | 7/1 87.5% | 0.43△ | 204/7 92.3% | 23/2 92.0% | 0.26 | 25/1 96.2% | 120/6 95.2% | 82/2 97.6% | 0.67△ | 24/0 100% | 203/9 95.8% | 0.64 |
Identification of oral lesions is helpful to the management of tropical infectious diseases | 106/15 87.6% | 96/19 83.5% | 0.37 | 149/25 85.6% | 47/7 87.0% | 6/2 75.0% | 0.66△ | 179/32 81.0% | 23/2 92.0% | 0.30 | 23/3 88.5% | 106/20 84.1% | 73/11 86.9% | 0.26△ | 21/3 87.5% | 181/31 85.4% | 0.37 |