Table 5 Responses to self-assessment questions. Numbers and proportions of dentists and dental hygienists [n (%)]
Very good | Good | Satisfying | Lack of | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dentists | Dental hygienists | Dentists | Dental hygienists | Dentists | Dental hygienists | Dentists | Dental hygienists | ||||||
Consequences of oral dryness | 49 (20.3) | 92 (35.8) | 128 (53.1) | 123 (47.9) | 54 (22.4) | 40 (15.6) | 10 (4.1) | 2 (0.8) | |||||
Clinical management of individuals with oral dryness | 25 (10.4) | 76 (29.6) | 115 (47.7) | 134 (52.1) | 77 (32.1) | 40 (15.6) | 24 (10.0) | 7 (2.7) | |||||
Treatment of individuals with oral dryness | 23 (9.5) | 73 (28.4) | 105 (43.6) | 121 (47.1) | 75 (31.1) | 54 (20.2) | 38 (15.8) | 11 (4.3) | |||||
Dichotomization | |||||||||||||
Dichotomization very good/good | Dentists | Dental hygienists | p-value | ||||||||||
Consequences of oral dryness | 177 (73.4) | 215 (83.7) | 0.005 | ||||||||||
Clinical management of individuals with oral dryness | 140 (58.1) | 210 (81.7) | < 0.001 | ||||||||||
Treatment of individuals with oral dryness | 128 (53.1) | 194 (75.5) | < 0.001 | ||||||||||