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. 2023 Jul 14;2023:3815286. doi: 10.1155/2023/3815286

Table 3.

Comparison of knowledge, attitude, and behavior according to gender, age, year of study, and self-rated knowledge.

No. Knowledge Attitude Behavior
Inadequate Adequate Negative Positive Negative Positive
Gender Male 292 84 (28.8%) 208 (71.2%) 186 (63.7%) 106 (36.3%) 22 (7.5%) 270 (92.5%)
Female 477 108 (22.6%) 369 (77.4%) 271 (56.8%) 206 (43.2%) 20 (4.2%) 457 (95.8%)
χ 2 test χ 2 value = 3.63, p = 0.06 (NS) χ 2 value = 3.56, p = 0.06 (NS) χ 2 value = 3.92, p = 0.04 

Age <25 years 667 180 (27.0%) 487 (73.0%) 413 (61.9%) 254 (38.1%) 42 (6.3%) 625 (93.7%)
>25 years 102 12 (11.8%) 90 (88.2%) 44 (43.1%) 58 (56.9%) 0 (0.0%) 102 (100.0%)
χ 2 test χ 2 value = 10.94, p = 0.001  χ 2 value = 12.94, p < 0.001  χ 2 value = 6.79, p = 0.009 

Status Undergraduate 668 192 (28.7%) 476 (71.3%) 405 (60.6%) 263 (39.4%) 42 (6.3%) 626 (93.7%)
Postgraduate 101 0 (0.0%) 101 (100.0%) 52 (51.5%) 49 (48.5%) 0 (0.0%) 101 (100.0%)
χ 2 test χ 2 value = 38.69, p < 0.001  χ 2 value = 3.04, p = 0.08 (NS) χ 2 value = 6.72, p = 0.01 

Year of study Preclinical students 275 83 (30.2%) 192 (69.8%) 144 (52.4%) 131 (47.6%) 17 (6.2%) 258 (93.8%)
Clinical students 381 109 (28.6%) 272 (71.4%) 265 (69.6%) 116 (30.4%) 25 (6.6%) 356 (93.4%)
Interns 113 0 (0.0%) 113 (100.0%) 48 (42.5%) 65 (57.5%) 0 (0.0%) 113 (100.0%)
χ 2 test χ 2 value = 44.29, p < 0.001  χ 2 value = 35.36, p < 0.001  χ 2 value = 7.70, p = 0.02 

Self-rated knowledge level on COVID-19 disease? Very poor/poor/average 229 80 (34.9%) 149 (65.1%) 144 (62.9%) 85 (37.1%) 6 (2.6%) 223 (97.4%)
Good/very good 540 112 (20.7%) 428 (79.3%) 313 (58.0%) 227 (42.0%) 36 (6.7%) 504 (93.3%)
χ 2 test χ 2 value = 17.29, p < 0.001  χ 2 value = 1.61, p = 0.20 (NS) χ 2 value = 5.10, p = 0.02 

Statistically significant. NS, nonsignificant.