Table 3.
Statistical association of awareness and performance levels with study population characteristics
| Variables | Awareness | Performance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | IQR | p-value* | Median | IQR | p-value* | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.001 | 34 | 14 | < 0.001 |
| Female | 3.00 | 3.00 | 37 | 14 | ||
| Age | ||||||
| 18–29 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 0.03 | 36.00 | 13.00 | 0.75 |
| 30–39 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 36.00 | 16.00 | ||
| 40–49 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 34.50 | 16.00 | ||
| 50–64 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 36.00 | 14.00 | ||
| Provinces | ||||||
| Beirut | 3.00 | 4.00 | 0.31 | 36.00 | 14.00 | 0.26 |
| Mount Lebanon | 3.00 | 4.00 | 37.00 | 13.00 | ||
| Beqaa | 4.00 | 3.00 | 37.00 | 16.00 | ||
| North Lebanon | 3.00 | 3.00 | 36.00 | 13.00 | ||
| South Lebanon | 3.00 | 3.00 | 34.00 | 14.00 | ||
| Baalbek – Hermel | 3.00 | 4.00 | 34.00 | 11.00 | ||
| Akkar | 3.00 | 2.00 | 35.00 | 13.00 | ||
| Nabatieh | 3.00 | 3.00 | 37.00 | 18.00 | ||
| Educational level | ||||||
| High School degree | 3.00 | 3.00 | < 0.001 | 35.00 | 15.00 | 0.075 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 3.00 | 3.00 | 37.00 | 12.00 | ||
| Master’s degree | 4.00 | 3.00 | 35.00 | 15.00 | ||
| PharmD, Ph.D. degrees and postdoctoral fellowship | 4.00 | 4.00 | 34.00 | 16.00 | ||
| University status | ||||||
| Student | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.21 | 36.00 | 14.00 | 0.25 |
| Staff | 3.00 | 3.00 | 38.00 | 14.00 | ||
| Faculty | 3.50 | 4.00 | 33.50 | 13.00 | ||
| Field of study | ||||||
| Pharmacy, health, medical, natural sciences | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.94 | 37.00 | 14.00 | 0.01 |
| Other fields of study | 3.00 | 3.00 | 35.00 | 14.00 | ||
| Staff | 3.00 | 4.00 | 37.00 | 13.00 | ||
| Missing | 3.00 | 3.00 | 36.00 | 14.00 | ||
*Values in bold show significant p-values less than 0.05