Table 4.

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

Variables	Primary School or Less (n = 4185)				Middle School (n = 1558)				High School or Above (n = 843)
	Rate before (%)	Rate after (%)	x2	p	Rate before (%)	Rate after (%)	x2	p	Rate before (%)	Rate after (%)	x2	p
Knowledge
Diagnostic criteria for HP	66.18	82.91	308.57	<0.001	70.86	85.76	101.68	<0.001	68.63	91.61	138.76	<0.001
Diagnostic criteria for T2DM	54.68	82.96	779.33	<0.001	57.76	82.42	225.73	<0.001	58.07	77.46	72.17	<0.001
Typical symptoms for T2DM	65.59	81.84	285.88	<0.001	86.33	89.67	8.22	<0.001	84.10	95.49	59.67	<0.001
Risk factors of T2DM
Lack of physical exercise	71.70	83.61	171.40	<0.001	80.36	87.67	31.06	<0.001	80.12	90.41	35.66	<0.001
Unhealthy diet	71.74	84.11	186.34	<0.001	76.82	85.94	42.72	<0.001	78.26	86.95	22.01	<0.001
Smoking	57.88	72.64	201.26	<0.001	59.56	71.69	50.82	<0.001	57.65	73.31	45.72	<0.001
Main complications of T2DM	36.20	70.63	997.00	<0.001	44.35	74.71	298.03	<0.001	50.42	79.95	116.67	<0.001
Attitude
Importance of medication compliance	71.16	93.73	735.37	<0.001	79.97	95.31	169.28	<0.001	73.55	94.15	132.72	<0.001
Importance of physical activity modification	41.89	77.82	977.24	<0.001	52.82	85.69	395.11	<0.001	70.46	82.68	35.08	<0.001
Importance of dietary modification	64.43	83.54	397.21	<0.001	71.82	84.79	77.08	<0.001	70.46	83.74	42.15	<0.001
T2DM is preventable	59.32	92.11	1224.74	<0.001	71.82	90.32	173.42	<0.001	80.59	94.90	80.63	<0.001
Practice
Medication compliance	13.20	69.77	2759.88	<0.001	20.25	80.62	1136.77	<0.001	49.23	92.05	372.70	<0.001
Physical activity modification	15.87	61.51	1906.66	<0.001	20.20	75.42	1063.17	<0.001	32.50	87.31	678.30	<0.001
Dietary modification	6.18	33.60	986.37	<0.001	30.64	42.49	47.36	<0.001	59.43	79.83	82.98	<0.001

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