Table 3.

Changes of patients’ KAP pre- and post- intervention according to urbanization level.

Variables	Urban (n = 2778)				Rural (n = 3808)				Total (n = 6586)
	Rate before (%)	Rate after (%)	x2	p	Rate before (%)	Rate after (%)	x2	p	Rate before (%)	Rate after (%)	x2	p
Knowledge
Diagnostic criteria for HP	70.63	90.50	350.21	<0.001	65.39	80.46	219.11	<0.001	67.60	84.69	529.93	<0.001
Diagnostic criteria for T2DM	63.61	78.51	150.00	<0.001	50.18	84.77	1037.75	<0.001	55.85	82.13	1063.24	<0.001
Typical symptoms for T2DM	78.94	89.99	129.29	<0.001	68.43	82.12	191.50	<0.001	72.87	85.44	315.42	<0.001
Risk factors of T2DM
Lack of physical exercise	82.04	90.19	73.08	<0.001	69.56	80.05	163.73	<0.001	74.83	84.33	232.99	<0.001
Unhealthy diet	76.96	87.33	101.79	<0.001	71.45	83.14	148.17	<0.001	73.78	84.91	248.87	<0.001
Smoking	61.45	76.24	141.75	<0.001	55.91	69.77	156.76	<0.001	58.24	72.50	295.71	<0.001
Main complications of T2DM	47.34	82.43	750.95	<0.001	34.56	65.76	698.24	<0.001	39.95	72.80	1445.59	<0.001
Attitude
Importance of medication compliance	83.05	96.08	252.27	<0.001	66.62	92.75	803.09	<0.001	73.55	94.15	1032.47	<0.001
Importance of physical activity modification	51.66	87.51	843.59	<0.001	45.59	75.05	690.60	<0.001	48.16	80.31	1481.01	<0.001
Importance of dietary modification	72.61	86.79	172.68	<0.001	62.82	81.72	339.64	<0.001	66.95	83.86	507.97	<0.001
T2DM is preventable	74.44	93.77	388.29	<0.001	58.11	90.78	1068.17	<0.001	65.00	92.04	1427.91	<0.001
Practice
Medication compliance	15.55	80.92	2377.22	<0.001	22.35	71.01	1811.36	<0.001	19.48	75.19	4099.58	<0.001
Physical activity modification	19.69	69.69	1404.84	<0.001	18.54	66.94	2020.99	<0.001	19.02	68.10	3440.67	<0.001
Dietary modification	28.08	56.19	450.28	<0.001	12.00	30.99	406.75	<0.001	18.78	41.62	814.66	<0.001

Abbreviations: KAP, knowledge, attitude and practice; HP, hypertension; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus.