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Table 2 Patient characteristics and their dental visit in Pre-COVID-19 and During COVID-19 periods

From: Highly educated patients have lower dental compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study

 

Pre-COVID-19

COVID-19

 
 

Attendance

Non-attendance

p value

Attendance

Non-attendance

p value

 

n (%)

n (%)

 

n (%)

n (%)

 

Number of patient

459 (83.4)

91 (16.6)

 < 0.001*

364 (70.3)

154 (29.7)

 < 0.001*

Age

52.93 ± 0.54

53.40 ± 1.52

0.74

49.27 ± 0.58

50.27 ± 0.52

0.37

Gender

      

 Male

160 (34.9)

33 (36.3)

0.80

144 (39.6)

52 (33.8)

0.21

 Female

299 (65.1)

58 (63.7)

 

220 (60.4)

102 (66.2)

 

Educational level

  

 < 0.001*

  

0.53

 Low

16 (3.5)

15 (16.5)

 

25 (6.9)

13 (8.4)

 

 High

443 (96.5)

76 (83.5)

 

339 (93.1)

141 (91.6)

 
  1. p-value was analyzed by Chi-square test (gender and educational level) and two-sample t-test (number of patient and age)
  2. *p < 0.05