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Table 3 Association between knowledge score and socio-demographic data

From: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary health care physicians regarding the pre-travel counselling of patients with type 2 diabetes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

Knowledge Score

 

Good

N = 14 (3.6%)

Moderate

N = 148 (38.4%)

Poor

N = 223 (57.9%)

Total

N = 385

Chi-Square Test

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

P value

Age

≤35

2

14.3%

61

41.2%

144

64.6%

207

53.8%

<.001*

> 35

12

85.7%

87

58.8%

79

35.4%

178

46.2%

Sex

Female

8

57.1%

99

66.9%

110

49.3%

217

56.4%

.004*

Male

6

42.9%

49

33.1%

113

50.7%

168

43.6%

Nationality

Non-Saudi

12

85.7%

98

66.2%

93

41.7%

203

52.7%

<.001*

Saudi

2

14.3%

50

33.8%

130

58.3%

182

47.3%

Specialty

Family Medicine

4

28.6%

59

39.9%

112

50.2%

175

45.5%

.063

General Practitioner

10

71.4%

89

60.1%

111

49.8%

210

54.5%

Education Degree

General Practitioner

10

71.4%

89

60.1%

111

49.8%

210

54.5%

<.001*

Resident

2

14.3%

23

15.5%

82

36.8%

107

27.8%

Register

2

14.3%

34

23.0%

26

11.7%

62

16.1%

Consultant

0

0.0%

2

1.4%

4

1.8%

6

1.6%

Years of Practice

0–5

2

14.3%

42

28.4%

109

48.9%

153

39.7%

<.001*

6–10

0

0.0%

25

16.9%

50

22.4%

75

19.5%

11–15

4

28.6%

36

24.3%

37

16.6%

77

20.0%

> 15

8

57.1%

45

30.4%

27

12.1%

80

20.8%

  1. *significant at p < .05