| Predictors |
Practices Knowledge Level |
P |
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| Poor |
Moderate |
Good |
Total |
|||||||
| n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
|||
| Age (years) |
Less than 30 |
204 |
60.5 |
118 |
35 |
15 |
4.5 |
337 |
100 |
0.035* |
| From 31 to 40 |
71 |
51.4 |
54 |
39.1 |
13 |
9.4 |
138 |
100 |
||
| From 41 to 50 |
7 |
38.9 |
8 |
44.4 |
3 |
16.7 |
18 |
100 |
||
| Nationality |
Saudi |
270 |
63.5 |
139 |
32.7 |
16 |
3.8 |
425 |
100 |
0.000* |
| Non-Saudi |
12 |
17.6 |
41 |
60.3 |
15 |
22.1 |
68 |
100 |
||
| Occupation |
Doctor |
23 |
45.1 |
26 |
51 |
2 |
3.9 |
51 |
100 |
0.010* |
| Pharmacist |
18 |
75 |
6 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
100 |
||
| Radiology technologist |
29 |
42 |
35 |
50.7 |
5 |
7.2 |
69 |
100 |
||
| Nurse |
207 |
61.6 |
105 |
31.3 |
24 |
7.1 |
336 |
100 |
||
| Physiotherapist |
3 |
42.9 |
4 |
57.1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
100 |
||
| Lab specialist |
2 |
33.3 |
4 |
66.7 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
100 |
||
| Marital status |
Single |
166 |
57.4 |
109 |
37.7 |
14 |
4.8 |
289 |
100 |
0.154 |
| Married |
106 |
56.7 |
65 |
34.8 |
16 |
8.6 |
187 |
100 |
||
| Divorced |
10 |
71.4 |
3 |
21.4 |
1 |
7.1 |
14 |
100 |
||
| Widowed |
0 |
0 |
3 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
100 |
||
| Medical history |
Nil |
263 |
58.2 |
163 |
36.1 |
26 |
5.8 |
452 |
100 |
0.224 |
| Diabetes mellitus |
5 |
45.5 |
6 |
54.5 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
100 |
||
| Hypertension |
9 |
50 |
6 |
33.3 |
3 |
16.7 |
18 |
100 |
||
| Other |
5 |
41.7 |
5 |
41.7 |
2 |
16.7 |
12 |
100 |
||
| Surgical history |
Yes |
41 |
50.6 |
31 |
38.3 |
9 |
11.1 |
81 |
100 |
0.111 |
| No |
241 |
58.5 |
149 |
36.2 |
22 |
5.3 |
412 |
100 |
||
| Medication history |
Yes |
34 |
53.1 |
25 |
39.1 |
5 |
7.8 |
64 |
100 |
0.735 |
| No |
248 |
57.8 |
155 |
36.1 |
26 |
6.1 |
429 |
100 |
||
| Family history |
Nil |
252 |
59.2 |
150 |
35.2 |
24 |
5.6 |
426 |
100 |
0.067 |
| Mother |
1 |
12.5 |
7 |
87.5 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
100 |
||
| Sister |
5 |
62.5 |
3 |
37.5 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
100 |
||
| Grandmother |
7 |
50 |
6 |
42.8 |
1 |
7.1 |
14 |
100 |
||
| Aunt |
14 |
46.7 |
11 |
36.7 |
5 |
16.7 |
30 |
100 |
||
| Others |
3 |
42.9 |
3 |
42.9 |
1 |
14.3 |
7 |
100 |
||
| Age at marriage (years) |
Less than 20 year |
22 |
66.7 |
10 |
30.3 |
1 |
3 |
33 |
100 |
0.104 |
| From 21 to 30 |
84 |
55.3 |
56 |
36.8 |
12 |
7.9 |
152 |
100 |
||
| From 31 to 40 |
10 |
55.6 |
4 |
22.2 |
4 |
22.2 |
18 |
100 |
||
| More than 40 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
100 |
||
| Single |
166 |
57.4 |
109 |
37.7 |
14 |
4.8 |
289 |
100 |
||