Table 4.

Comparison of pre-and post-training average food safety knowledge and food hygiene practices scores.

Variable	Pre-training scores	Post-training scores	p-value
Knowledge of Foodborne Illnesses	85.7 ± 16.2	96.4 ± 9.1	0.057
Knowledge of Personal Hygiene	82.7 ± 17.7	90.8 ± 12.9	0.109
Knowledge of Cleaning and Sanitation	77.4 ± 20.3	96.4 ± 7.1	0.007^a
Knowledge of Cross-contamination	74.0 ± 18.8	89.0 ± 11.4	0.024^a
Overall Food Safety Knowledge score	79.6 ± 15.0	91.8 ± 8.2	0.002^a
Overall Food Hygiene Practices score	76.9 ± 26.6	94.5 ± 9.3	0.017^a

The values indicate mean ± standard deviation.

Scores statistically significant at p < 0.05 based on Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test.