Concerns regarding hepatitis B vaccination and post-vaccination test among Brazilian dentists

Table 1 Factors associated with self-reporting of hepatitis B vaccination among Brazilian dentists, Belo Horizonte, 2005

	Hepatitis B vaccination			p-value
	Yes	No	Total
Gender
Male	288	71	359	0.003*
Female	674	101	775
Total	962	172	1134
Work experience††
Less than 10 years	264	42	306	0.431*
10 - 20 years	256	41	297
21 - 30 years	319	51	370
More than 30 years	115	27	142
Total	954	161	1115
Workplace††
Public	202	34	236	0.945*
Private	408	72	480
Both	274	50	324
Total	884	156	1040
Field ††
General dentistry	409	52	461	0.067**
Oral Surgery/Periodontology	109	20	129
Operative Dentistry/Endodontics	131	27	158
Paediatric Dentistry/Orthodontics	112	26	138
Oral Public Health	38	4	42
Oral Pathology/Oral Radiology	18	6	24
Total	817	135	952
Use of IPE
Yes	631	91	722	0.001*
No	331	81	412
Total	962	172	1134
Needle stick accidents††
Yes	829	139	968	0.065*
No	128	32	160
Total	957	171	1294
Dental care for hepatitis patients ††
Yes	264	44	308	0.928*
No	489	83	572
Total	753	127	880
Question on patient history of hepatitis ††
Yes	799	132	931	0.087*
No	153	36	189
Total	952	168	1120
Unprotected homo/hetero sex††
Yes	202	37	239	0.862*
No	752	133	885
Total	954	170	1124
Blood transfusion††
Yes	42	16	58	0.006*
No	881	147	1028
Total	923	163	1086
Previous history of hepatitis††
Yes	100	15	115	0.529*
No	816	147	963
Total	916	162	1078
Family history of hepatitis ††
Yes	227	34	261	0.387*
No	521	94	615
Total	748	128	876
Combined question†, ††
Yes	106	29	135	0.026*
No	829	137	966
Total	935	166	1101

* Pearson's chi-square test ** Fisher's exact test
† This question included use of illicit injection drugs, piercings and tattoos, blood transfusion, transplant, history of dialysis, colonoscopy or chemotherapy.
††: For these variables, the sum of the data does not result in 100%, as these questions were not answered by the entire sample.

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