Table 2 Distribution of demographic characteristics of student nurses by levels of their oral health knowledge and practice (n = 214)
Socio-demographics | Oral health knowledge | Preventive oral health practice | Total number of respondents | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good | Poor | Good | Poor | |||||||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
Young (18-30 years) | 69 | 44.5 | 86 | 55.5 | 118 | 76.1 | 37 | 23.9 | 155 | 72.4 |
Older (over 30 years | 32 | 54.2 | 27 | 45.8 | 47 | 79.7 | 12 | 20.3 | 59 | 27.6 |
P value | 0.26 | 0.71 | ||||||||
Ordinary secondary education | 51 | 47.7 | 56 | 52.3 | 82 | 76.6 | 25 | 23.4 | 107 | 50.0 |
Advanced Secondary education | 50 | 46.7 | 57 | 53.3 | 83 | 77.6 | 24 | 22.4 | 107 | 50.0 |
P value | 0.89 | 0.87 | ||||||||
Diploma Nursing | 55 | 40.7 | 80 | 59.3 | 99 | 73.3 | 36 | 26.7 | 135 | 63.1 |
BSc Nursing | 46 | 58.7 | 33 | 41.8 | 66 | 83.5 | 13 | 16.5 | 79 | 36.9 |
P value | *0.01 | 0.09 | ||||||||
Population studied | 101 | 47.2 | 113 | 52.8 | 165 | 77.1 | 49 | 22.9 | 214 | 100.0 |