Physicians’ knowledge of and adherence to improving oral health

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Factors associated with physicians’ (n = 220) higher knowledge scores controlling for background characteristics as shown by Linear Regression Models

Model	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	t	p-value
Model	B	Std. error	Beta	t	p-value
Total knowledge score
Gender	−1.360	0.846	−0.138	−1.608	0.110
Age	0.525	0.669	0.059	0.784	0.434
Working profile	2.522	0.808	0.266	3.120	0.002
Working region	−0.468	0.687	−0.049	−0.682	0.496
Medical knowledge score
Gender	−0.399	0.507	−0.068	−0.787	0.432
Age	−0.220	0.400	−0.042	−0.550	0.583
Working profile	1.318	0.484	0.234	2.722	0.007
Working region	−0.257	0.409	−0.046	−0.629	0.530
Pediatric knowledge score
Gender	−0.655	0.330	−0.173	−1.986	0.048
Age	0.206	0.260	0.060	0.792	0.429
Working profile	0.501	0.315	0.138	1.592	0.113
Working region	−0.068	0.266	−0.019	−0.255	0.799
Dental knowledge score
Gender	−0.311	0.317	−0.084	−0.979	0.329
Age	0.522	0.251	0.156	2.082	0.039
Working profile	0.700	0.303	0.196	2.311	0.022
Working region	−0.169	0.257	−0.047	−0.655	0.513

All variables were used in their continuous form except for gender, Working profile and working region.
Gender: 1 =female, 2=male.
Working profile: 0= only public sectors, 1= public and private sectors.
Working region: 1= affluent region, 2= non-affluent region.
t: T-test.
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