Table 5.
Level of knowledge, attitude and self-reported practices of both groups before and after intervention.
| Before |
After |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention Group n (%) | Control Group n (%) | P -value | Intervention Group n (%) | Control Group n (%) | P -value | ||
| KNOWLEDGE (21) * (1–21)# | High Knowledge (18–21 scores) | 71 (23.6) | 78 (26.0) | 0.803 | 256 (85.0) | 80 (26.6) | <0.001 |
| Moderate Knowledge (12-17scores) | 183 (61.0) | 177 (59.0) | 25 (8.3) | 193 (64.3) | |||
| Low Knowledge (1-11scores) | 46 (15.3) | 45 (15.0) | 19 (6.3) | 27 (9.0) | |||
| ATTITUDE (12) * (12–48)# | Positive attitude (41–48 scores) | 36 (12.0) | 43 (14.3) | 0.673 | 175 (58.3) | 34 (11.3) | <0.001 |
| Neutral Attitude (28–40 scores) | 253 (84.3) | 245 (81.6) | 118 (39.3) | 256 (85.3) | |||
| Negative Attitude (12–27 scores) | 11 (3.6) | 12 (4.0) | 7 (2.3) | 10 (3.3) | |||
| PRACTICES (9) * (1–9)# | Good self- reported practice (8–9 Scores) | 173 (57.6) | 175 (58.3) | 0.985 | 253 (84.3) | 222 (74.0) | <0.001 |
| Fair self-reported practice (6–7 Scores) | 84 (28.0) | 83 (27.6) | 34 (11.3) | 56 (18.6) | |||
| Poor self-reported practice (1–5 Scores) | 43 (14.3) | 42 (14.0) | 13 (4.3) | 22 (7.3) | |||