Predictors | Practices Knowledge Level | P | ||||||||
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 |