Table 4.
Association between participants’ attitudes score percentage and their characteristics
| Variable | Characteristics | Participants attitudes scorea N (%) | Chi-square test | P | |
| Median ≤90% | Median >90% | ||||
| Gender | Male | 134 (59) | 93 (41) | 10.67 | 0.638 |
| Female | 96 (64.5) | 53 (35.5) | |||
| Age | 20–25 | 85 (72.1) | 33 (27.9) | 61.98 | 0.162 |
| 26–30 | 65 (54.7) | 54 (45.3) | |||
| 31–35 | 47 (64.4) | 26 (35.6) | |||
| 36–40 | 16 (47.1) | 18 (52.9) | |||
| 41 or more | 17 (53.2) | 15 (46.8) | |||
| Nationality | Saudi | 200 (62.7) | 119 (37.3) | 10.67 | 0.638 |
| Non-Saudi | 30 (52.7) | 27 (47.3) | |||
| Education | Diploma | 13 (72.2) | 5 (27.8) | 1.06 | 0.000* |
| BSc | 165 (66.3) | 84 (33.7) | |||
| DPT | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | |||
| MSc | 35 (46.7) | 40 (53.3) | |||
| PhD | 15 (48.3) | 16 (51.7) | |||
| Work setting | Ministry of Health | 102 (66.7) | 51 (33.3) | 52.28 | 0.076 |
| Private health sectors | 43 (69.4) | 19 (30.6) | |||
| Other health sectors | 59 (59) | 41 (41) | |||
| University ‘academic’ | 26 (42.7) | 35 (57.3) | |||
| Job title | Technician | 16 (61.6) | 10 (38.4) | 1.01 | 0.217 |
| Specialist | 158 (65.9) | 82 (34.1) | |||
| Senior Specialist | 27 (61.4) | 17 (38.6) | |||
| Consultant | 5 (62.5) | 3 (37.5) | |||
| Teaching Assistant | 8 (38.1) | 13 (61.9) | |||
| Lecturer | 8 (42.2) | 11 (57.8) | |||
| Assistant Professor | 7 (63.7) | 4 (36.3) | |||
| Associate Professor | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | |||
| EBP training | Yes | 59 (52.7) | 53 (47.3) | 18.15 | 0.152 |
| No | 171 (64.8) | 93 (35.2) | |||
aMedian attitudes score among participants in this study was 90%.
*Statistically significant difference.