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Table 2 Attitudes to and Knowledge of Oral health before and after the digital training module

From: Impacts on oral health attitude and knowledge after completing a digital training module among Swedish healthcare professionals working with older adults

Group of participants

 

Item-

group

Before

Mean (SD)

After

Mean (SD)

P

Total group

n = 45

    
  

AT

7.82 (1.669)

7.48 (1.841)

0.090

  

IP

15.40 (3.557)

15.11 (3.297)

0.133

  

KI

27.51 (3.441)

27.22 (3.376)

0.361

Workplace

     
 

Home care

AT

7.75 (1.681)

7.25 (1.681)

0.322

 

n = 20

IP

14.90 (3.740)

14.80 (3.318)

0.120

  

KI

28.05 (3.119)

27.20 (3.254)

0.964

 

Nursing home

AT

7.88 (1.691)

7.68 (1.973)

0.109

 

n = 25

IP

15.80 (3.427)

15.36 (3.327)

0.667

  

KI

27.08 (3.684)

27.24 (3.538)

0.245

Age

     
 

20–44 years

AT

7.70 (1.805)

7.45 (1.933)

0.390

 

n = 24

IP

15.29 (3.688)

15.20 (3.451)

0.594

  

KI

27.25 (3.790)

26.95 (3.532)

0.575

 

45–67 years

AT

7.95 (0.334)

7.52 (0.388)

0.104

 

n = 21

IP

15.52 (0.761)

15.00 (0.696)

0.074

  

KI

27.80 (0.667)

27.52 (0.709)

0.510

Year in profession

     
 

1.5–18 years

AT

7.69 (0.366)

7.11 (0.389)

0.043

 

n = 26

IP

15.88 (0.711)

15.84 (0.667)

0.683

  

KI

27.42 (0.748)

27.03 (0.680)

0.482

 

19–47 years

AT

8.00 (0.315)

8.00 (0.350)

0.951

 

n = 19

IP

14.73 (0.790)

14.10 (0.674)

0.054

  

KI

27.63 (0.676)

27.47 (0.763)

0.591

  1. AT = Attitudes to oral hygiene (Items 1–3).
  2. IP = Implementation Possibilities (Items 4–7).
  3. KI = Knowledge of Importance (Items 8–13).
  4. P = Exact one-tailed 𝑃 value of Wilcoxon test between baseline and after the digital training module.
  5. p< 0.05