Table 1.
Overall knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) scores before and after educational intervention by socio-demographic characteristics among SANG soldiers (Jeddah, 2009)
|
Characteristics |
N (%) mean±SD |
Overall KAP score |
Post-intervention Median (IQR) |
p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-intervention Median (IQR) | ||||
|
Overall |
400 (100.0%) |
16 (6–26) |
53 (50–55) |
<0.001 |
|
Age (mean±SD, years) |
30.7±6.1 |
|
|
|
|
Age groups |
|
P**=0.086 |
P**=0.107 |
|
| <25 years |
57 (14.3%) |
15 (4.5-25.5) |
54 (50.5-55) |
<0.001 |
| 25-34 years |
256 (64.0%) |
15 (6–24) |
53 (51–54) |
<0.001 |
| 35+ years |
87 (21.8%) |
19 (8–30) |
52 (49–54) |
<0.001 |
|
Educational level |
|
P**=0.007 |
P<0.001 |
|
| Elementary or lower |
83 (20.8%) |
14 (5–21) |
50 (45–53) |
<0.001 |
| Intermediate |
134 (33.5%) |
14.5 (6–22.3) |
53 (50–55) |
<0.001 |
| Secondary or higher |
183 (45.8%) |
19 (6–30) |
54 (52–55) |
<0.001 |
|
Marital status |
|
P**=0.358 |
P**=0.284 |
|
| Single or divorced |
86 (21.5%) |
14.5 (5–25.3) |
52.5 (50–54) |
<0.001 |
| Married |
314 (78.5%) |
16.5 (6–26) |
53 (50–55) |
<0.001 |
|
Monthly income, amount |
|
P**=0.001 |
P**=0.004 |
|
| ≤8000 SR |
324 (81.0%) |
15 (5–24) |
53 (50–54) |
<0.001 |
| >8000 SR |
76 (19.0%) |
20.5 (10.5-31) |
54 (52–55) |
<0.001 |
|
Monthly income, sufficiency |
|
P**=0.338 |
P**=0.228 |
|
| Sufficient |
246 (61.5%) |
16 (5–26) |
53 (50–55) |
<0.001 |
| Insufficient |
154 (38.5%) |
17 (7–26.3) |
53 (49–54) |
<0.001 |
|
Type of the job |
|
P**=0.005 |
P**=0.026 |
|
| Technical |
255 (63.8%) |
14 (5–24) |
53 (49–54) |
<0.001 |
| Administrative |
145 (36.2%) |
19 (9–28) |
53 (51–55) |
<0.001 |
|
Rank |
|
P**=0.026 |
P**=0.007 |
|
| Soldier |
138 (34.5%) |
14 (4.8-23.3) |
53 (49–54) |
<0.001 |
| First soldier |
126 (31.5%) |
15.5 (6–24.3) |
52.5 (50–54) |
<0.001 |
| Corporal or higher |
136 (34.0%) |
19.5 (7.3-29.8) |
54 (51–55) |
<0.001 |
|
Service years (mean±SD) |
10.0±6.8 |
|
|
|
|
Duration of service groups |
|
P**=0.542 |
P**=0.123 |
|
| <5 years |
102 (25.5%) |
15.5 (5–26.3) |
53 (51–55) |
<0.001 |
| 5-9 years |
125 (31.3%) |
15 (6–24.5) |
53 (51–55) |
<0.001 |
| ≥10 years |
173 (43.3%) |
18 (6.5-27) |
53 (49–54) |
<0.001 |
|
History of HBV vaccine |
|
P**=0.039 |
P**=0.081 |
|
| No or don’t know |
322 (80.5%) |
15 (5–26) |
53 (50–54) |
<0.001 |
| Yes | 78 (19.5%) | 19 (9.8-27.8) | 53.5 (51–55) | <0.001 |
N (%), frequency and percentage; Mean±SD, mean and standard deviation; IQR, inter-quartile range; SR, Saudi Riyals.
*Wilcoxon signed rank test ** Mann–Whitney test or Kruskal Wallis test as appropriate.