Table 2.
Comparison of absolute and relative frequency scores of patients’ knowledge, comprehension, and knowledge application in the intervention and control groups before and after the intervention
| Before Education | After Education | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge N (%) | Comprehension N (%) | Application N (%) | Knowledge N (%) | Comprehension N (%) | Application N (%) | ||
| Poor | Control | 23 (57.50) | 24 (60.00) | 26 (65.00) | 24 (60.00) | 27 (67.50) | 29 (72.50) |
| Intervention | 25 (62.50) | 23 (57.50) | 28 (70.00) | 1 (2.50) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (2.50) | |
| Moderate | Control | 17 (42.50) | 15 (37.50) | 14 (35.00) | 15 (37.50) | 13 (32.50) | 11 (27.50) |
| Intervention | 14 (35.00) | 16 (40.00) | 12 (30.00) | 0 (0.00) | 4 (10.00) | 3 (7.50) | |
| Good | Control | 0 (0.00) | 1 (2.50) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (2.50) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) |
| Intervention | 1 (2.50) | 1 (2.50) | 0 (0.00) | 39 (97.50) | 36 (90.00) | 36 (90.00) | |
| χ2 | 1.37 | 0.05 | 0.23 | 72.26 | 67.77 | 66.71 | |
| df | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| p | 0.500 | 0.970 | 0.630 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |