Table 3. Comparison of median scores among different subgroups of respondents before and after intervention.
| Characteristic | Knowledge | P value | Attitude | P value | Total | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before Median score (95%CI) | After Median score (95%CI) | Before Median score (95%CI) | After Median score (95%CI) | Before Median score (95%CI) | After Median score (95%CI) | ||||
| Gender a | |||||||||
| Male | 54 (52–56) | 70 (68–74) | <0.001 | 71 (69–73) | 76 (71–77) | <0.001 | 125 (121–129) | 144 (141–149) | <0.001 |
| Female | 57 (55–59) | 73 (71–75) | <0.001 | 74 (72–75) | 74 (72–77) | 0.132 | 133 (127–136) | 146 (144–153) | <0.001 |
| Age (in years) | |||||||||
| <20 | 64 (64–65) | 72 (70–74) | 0.180 | 79 (75–84) | 67 (66–68) | 0.180 | 144 (139–149) | 139 (136–142) | 0.655 |
| 21–30 | 55 (53–57) | 72 (69–74) | <0.001 | 71 (69–73) | 73 (70–76) | <0.001 | 126 (122–129) | 145 (141–149) | <0.001 |
| 31–40 | 55 (53–59) | 71 (68–75) | <0.001 | 74 (72–77) | 77 (73–80) | 0.002 | 129 (124–135) | 146 (143–155) | <0.001 |
| 41–50 | 59 (54–61) | 76 (68–80) | 0.005 | 76 (64–81) | 76 (68–86) | 0.070 | 135 (119–139) | 153 (138–163) | <0.005 |
| Profession a | |||||||||
| Doctors | 55 (54–58) | 73 (69–75) | <0.001 | 72 (69–75) | 76 (73–78) | <0.001 | 126 (124–129) | 146 (144–153) | <0.001 |
| Nurses | 60 (57–63) | 75 (72–79) | <0.001 | 75 (73–81) | 71 (67–77) | 0.040 | 136 (131–139) | 147 (139–156) | <0.001 |
| Paramedicals | 54 (50–58) | 70 (68–74) | 0.001 | 70 (68–82) | 74 (72–87) | 0.001 | 125 (119–135) | 145 (140–155) | <0.001 |
| Pharmacist | 53 (51–58) | 70 (68–77) | 0.026 | 74 (58–79) | 78 (62–83) | 0.014 | 128 (110–134) | 150 (130–155) | 0.026 |
| Dentist | 52 (49–57) | 68 (64–72) | 0.005 | 70 (60–77) | 74 (64–82) | 0.004 | 131 (110–136) | 142 (130–157) | 0.005 |
| Others | 51 | 72 (70–74) | 0.109 | 72 (71–75) | 75 (73–77) | 0.101 | 128 (125–131) | 136 (133–138) | 0.026 |
| Ethnic/Caste group a | |||||||||
| Brahmin | 55 (51–58) | 72 (67–75) | <0.001 | 70 (65–73) | 73 (67–76) | 0.001 | 125 (118–129) | 144 (139–150) | <0.001 |
| Chettri | 56 (53–58) | 71 (70–74) | <0.001 | 71 (68–79) | 75 (70–82) | <0.001 | 129 (121–136) | 147 (141–156) | <0.001 |
| Newar | 56 (53–58) | 73 (69–75) | <0.001 | 74 (73–76) | 77 (75–78) | 0.018 | 130 (126–135) | 148 (145–155) | <0.001 |
| Others | 57 (52–61) | 69 (66–77) | 0.001 | 69 (62–75) | 71 (62–80) | 0.045 | 126 (116–135) | 140 (132–145) | 0.001 |
| Working experience a | |||||||||
| < 1 year | 54 (52–56) | 71 (67–74) | <0.001 | 69 (65–71) | 71 (68–75) | <0.001 | 122 (118–127) | 142 (138–147) | >0.001 |
| 1–5years | 55 (52–58) | 71 (68–74) | <0.001 | 74 (72–76) | 77 (73–79) | 0.000 | 130 (126–135) | 146 (144–153) | <0.001 |
| 5–10 years | 56 (54–62) | 72 (70–79) | <0.001 | 74 (68–80) | 75 (70–83) | 0.231 | 133 (124–135) | 149 (139–158) | <0.001 |
| >10 years | 59 (52–61) | 76 (68–78) | <0.001 | 75 (71–81) | 76 (71–82) | 0.171 | 135 (124–139) | 150 (142–161) | 0.001 |
| Qualifications a | |||||||||
| Intermediate | 52 (62–68) | 68 (66–75) | 0.024 | 73 (58–79) | 77 (62–83) | 0.014 | 125 (110–134) | 145 (130–155) | 0.024 |
| Bachelor | 56 (52–57) | 72 (68–74) | <0.001 | 71 (68–75) | 73 (68–76) | <0.001 | 128 (120–131) | 145 (139–152) | <0.001 |
| Master | 56 (54–59) | 73 (70–75) | <0.001 | 73 (71–75) | 75 (73–77) | <0.001 | 127 (125–135) | 148 (144–153) | <0.001 |
| PhD | 56 (51–61) | 71 (67–81) | 0.066 | 72 (62–88) | 76 (65–91) | 0.063 | 128 (114–148) | 150 (132–167) | 0.068 |
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The scores before and after were compared using Wilcoxon signed-rank test.