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Table 1 Age, gender, years, region, and years in the profession among the respondents

From: Dental care professionals’ awareness of oral dryness and its clinical management: a questionnaire-based study

 

Dentists

Dental hygienists

Total

 

Sent to: [n]

1727

941

2668

 

Participation rate [n (%)]

241 (13.9)

257 (27.3)

498 (18.6)

 

Age (years) (mean ± S.D)

40.5 ± 11.3

43.2 ± 12.0

41.9 ± 11.7

 

20–29

39 (16.2)

37 (14.4)

76 (15.3)

 

30–39

94 (39.0)

78 (30.3)

172 (34.5)

 

40–49

54 (22.4)

56 (21.8)

110 (22.1)

 

50–59

32 (13.3)

55 (21.4)

87 (17.5)

 

60+

22 (9.1)

31 (12.1)

53 (10.6)

 

Sex [ n (%)]

    

Female

173 (71.8)

244 (94.9)

417 (83.7)

 

Male

67 (27.8)

10 (3.9)

77 (15.5)

 

Don´t wish to state gender

1 (0.4)

3 (1.2)

4 (0.8)

 

Years in profession [ n (%)]

    

< 2 years

22 (9.1)

20 (7.8)

42 (8.4)

 

2–5 years

57 (23.7)

37 (14.4)

94 (18.9)

 

5–10 years

52 (21.6)

60 (23.3)

112 (22.5)

 

More than 10 years

110 (45.6)

140 (54.5)

250 (50.2)

 

Stockholm

47 (19.5)

29 (11.3)

76 (15.3)

 

Västra Götaland

140 (58.1)

155 (60.3)

295 (59.2)

 

Skåne

36 (14.9)

34 (13.2)

70 (14.1)

 

Dalarna

9 (3.7)

14 (5.4)

23 (4.6)

 

Kalmar

9 (3.7)

25 (9.7)

34 (6.8)