Table 6. Association between participants' knowledge and practices with demographic characteristics.
Data were expressed as numbers (N) and percentages (%).
#One-way ANOVA. *Significant at P <0.05.
| Variables | N | Knowledge | Practice | |||||
| Aware | Not aware | P-value# | Conscious | Unconscious | P-value# | |||
| Gender | Male | 41 | 36 (87.8%) | 5 (12.2%) | 0.37 | 17 (41.5%) | 24 (58.8%) | 0.044* |
| Female | 275 | 253 (92%) | 22 (8%) | 160 (58.2%) | 115 (41.8%) | |||
| Age (years) | 20–30 | 43 | 39 (90.7%) | 4 (9.3%) | 0.689 | 23 (57.3%) | 20 (46.5%) | 0.177 |
| 31–40 | 124 | 114 (91.9%) | 10 (8.1%) | 71 (57.3%) | 53 (42.7%) | |||
| 41–50 | 119 | 107 (89.9%) | 12 (10.1%) | 61 (51.3%) | 58 (48.7%) | |||
| 51–60 | 30 | 29 (96.7%) | 1 (3.3%) | 22 (73.3%) | 8 (26.7%) | |||
| Social status | Single | 27 | 25 (92.6%) | 2 (7.4%) | 0.37 | 14 (51.9%) | 13 (7.4%) | 0.499 |
| Married | 264 | 243 (92%) | 21 (8%) | 150 (56.8%) | 114 (48.1%) | |||
| Divorced | 14 | 11 (78.6%) | 3 (21.4%) | 9 (64.3%) | 5 (43.2%) | |||
| Widowed | 11 | 10 (90.9%) | 1 (1.9%) | 4 (36.4%) | 7 (63.6%) | |||
| Educational level | Kindergarten | 27 | 25 (92.6%) | 2 (7.4%) | 0.969 | 13 (48.1%) | 14 (51.9%) | 0.746 |
| Primary stage | 101 | 93 (92.1%) | 8 (7.9%) | 53 (52.5%) | 48 (47.5%) | |||
| Intermediate stage | 87 | 78 (89.7%) | 9 (10.3%) | 52 (59.8%) | 35 (40.2%) | |||
| High school | 86 | 79 (91.9%) | 7 (8.1%) | 50 (58.1%) | 36 (41.9%) | |||
| Special Education | 15 | 14 (93.3%) | 1 (6.7%) | 9 (60%) | 6 (40%) | |||
| Monthly income (in SAR) | <5000 | 58 | 55 (94.8%) | 3 (5.2%) | 0.496 | 31 (53.4%) | 27 (46.6%) | 0.57 |
| 5000–10,000 | 76 | 68 (89.5%) | 8 (10.5%) | 44 (57.9%) | 32 (42.1%) | |||
| 10,000–15,000 | 134 | 124 (92.5%) | 10 (7.5%) | 79 (59%) | 55 (41%) | |||
| 15,000–20,000 | 48 | 42 (87.5%) | 6 (12.5%) | 23 (47.9%) | 25 (52.1%) | |||
| BMI level (kg/m2) | Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2) | 4 | 4 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0.479 | 2 (50%) | 2 (50%) | 0.925 |
| Normal weight (18.5–24.9 kg/m2) | 83 | 75 (90.4%) | 8 (9.6%) | 45 (54.2%) | 38 (45.8%) | |||
| Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2) | 120 | 113 (94.2%) | 7 (5.8%) | 70 (58.3%) | 50 (41.7%) | |||
| Obesity (≥0 kg/m2) | 109 | 97 (89%) | 12 (11%) | 60 (55%) | 49 (45%) | |||
| Frequency of visiting a restaurant during the week before implementing this decision | ≤1 | 194 | 181 (93.3%) | 13 (6.7%) | 0.174 | 118 (60.8%) | 76 (39.2%) | 0.009* |
| 2 | 50 | 46 (92.0%) | 4 (8%) | 30 (60%) | 20 (40%) | |||
| ≥3 | 72 | 62 (86.1%) | 10 (13.9%) | 29 (40.3%) | 43 (59.7%) | |||
| Frequency of visiting a restaurant during the week after implementing this decision | ≤1 | 107 | 192 (93.3%) | 15 (7.2%) | 0.104 | 127 (61.4%) | 80 (38.6%) | 0.003* |
| 2 | 51 | 48 (94.1%) | 3 (5.9%) | 29 (56.9%) | 22 (43.1%) | |||
| ≥3 | 58 | 49 (84.5%) | 9 (15.5%) | 21 (36.2%) | 37 (63.8%) | |||