Diabetes mellitus and periodontal disease: awareness and practice among doctors working in public general out-patient clinics in Kowloon West Cluster of Hong Kong

Table 1 Demographic and personal oral health behavior data of the participants (n = 140)

Demography/background	Number (percentage)
Gender
Male	75 (53.6%)
Female	65 (46.4%)
Age (in years)
≤29	30 (21.4%)
30–39	63 (45.0%)
40–49	32 (22.9%)
50–59	11 (7.9%)
≥60	4 (2.9%)
Years after graduation
0–5	29 (20.7%)
6–10	30 (21.4%)
11–15	36 (25.7%)
16–20	20 (14.3%)
> 20	25 (17.9%)
Place of graduation for primary medical degree
Hong Kong	123 (87.9%)
Mainland China	9 (6.4%)
Australia	6 (4.3%)
Others	2 (1.4%)^a
Working status
Part time	9 (6.4%)
Full time	131 (93.6%)
Training status^b
Basic trainee	39 (27.9%)
Higher trainee	18 (12.9%)
FM specialist	53 (37.9%)
Non-trainee, non-specialist	30 (21.4%)
Personal oral health behavior
Last attend dentist
Within 1 year, regular check up	85 (60.7%)
Within 1 year, irregular check up	15 (10.7%)
More than 3 years	9 (6.4%)
Daily tooth brushing
More than twice	16 (11.4%)
Twice	112 (80.0%)
Once	12 (6.6%)
Interdental cleaning
Everyday	59 (42.1%)
Occasional	67 (47.9%)
Never	14 (10.0%)

^aone from Taiwan, one from Rangoon
^bFamily Medicine training in Hong Kong consists of 4 years (minimum) of basic training and 2 years (minimum) of higher training. The 4 years of basic training is composed of 2 years of hospital based and 2 years of community based training. Then the trainee has to pass the conjoint HKCFP/RACGP fellowship examination before he/she can be enrolled to the higher training. Upon completion of the higher training, the trainee needs to pass the exit examination before being qualified as a Family Medicine specialist

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