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. 2023 Oct 11;18(10):e0291643. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291643

Table 4. Human papillomavirus (HPV) attitude scores based on participants age, gender, specialty, experience, and workplace.

Characteristic Attitude Score
Age Mean (Range) Median (IQR) P-Value
 ≤ 25 (75) 2.8 (0–4) 3.0 (2–3)
 26–40 (296) 2.6 (0–4) 3.0 (2–3) 0.002
 41–60 (31) 1.9 (0–4) 2.0 (2–3) 0.009
 above 60 (10) 2.2 (0–4) 2.0 (2–3)
Gender
 Female (219) 2.7 (0–4) 3.0 (2–4) 0.030
 Male (193) 2.4 (0–4) 2.0 (2–3) 0.023
Specialty
 Surgery (60) 2.5 (0–4) 3.0 (2–3)
 Internal Medicine (46) 2.6 (0–4) 3.0 (2–3) 0.735
 Pediatrics (25) 2.5 (0–4) 3.0 (2–3) 0.887
 Gynecology (72) 2.7 (0–4) 3.0 (2–4)
 Others (102) 2.4 (0–4) 3.0 (2–3)
Experience
 Specialist (130) 2.2 (0–4) 2.0 (1–3) 0.000
 Resident (215) 2.6 (0–4) 3.0 (2–3) 0.000
 General practitioner (67) 3.0 (0–4) 3.0 (3–4)
Work
 Ministry of health (158) 2.6 (0–4) 3.0 (2–3) 0.514
 Academia (128) 2.5 (0–4) 3.0 (2–3) 0.339
 Private sector (105) 2.7 (0–4) 3.0 (2–4)
 Military Services (21) 2.8 (1–4) 3.0 (2–3)

The first p-value shows the ANOVA results for differences between means, while the second p-value shows the difference between medians using Kruskal-Wallis test.