Table 2.

Differences in knowledge, attitude, and engagement in fall-prevention activities according to experience of fall-related education (N = 127)

Characteristic	n	Knowledge				Attitude				Fall-prevention activities
		M	SD	χ2	p	M	SD	χ2	p	M	SD	χ2 (p)	p
Provider
Nursing association	16	7.19	1.60	2.61	.456	3.89	0.32	6.00	.112	3.41	0.39	2.99	.394
Nursing society	3	6.33	1.15			4.18	0.25			3.43	0.55
Hospital	106	6.77	1.58			3.82	0.37			3.32	0.48
Other	2	8.00	1.41			3.46	0.44			2.90	0.14
Instructor
Nursing professor	16	7.19	1.33	3.40	.334	3.87	0.40	1.50	.683	3.26	0.52	3.34	.342
Nurse	107	6.79	1.61			3.83	0.36			3.35	0.47
Hospital administrator	2	5.50	0.71			3.73	0.27			2.88	0.04
Other	2	7.50	0.71			3.62	0.22			3.25	0.35
Education method
Lecture	38	6.66	1.55	2.82	.588	3.84	0.35	1.93	.749	3.31	0.57	1.78	.776
Audiovisual	5	7.2	1.30			3.69	0.25			3.20	0.27
Lecture + audiovisual	79	6.91	1.63			3.82	0.37			3.35	0.44
Lecture + discussion	3	6.00	1.00			3.92	0.20			3.17	0.47
Other	2	7.5	0.71			4.15	0.76			3.53	0.25
Education duration
< 1 h	41	6.83	1.82	5.68	.224	3.79	0.41	6.15	.188	3.31	0.54	5.59	.232
1–2 h	60	6.93	1.38			3.82	0.36			3.28	0.45
2–4 h	16	6.38	1.67			3.84	0.27			3.55	0.38
4–6 h	3	8.67	1.53			3.92	0.08			3.53	0.48
> 6 h	7	6.29	0.76			4.12	0.27			3.27	0.41
Number of education sessions
1	39	6.82	1.41	0.58	.966	3.74	0.39	22.68	<.001	3.21	0.52	3.79	.435
2	38	6.92	1.73			3.72	0.28	above 5 > 1,2a		3.37	0.44
3	22	6.86	2.01			3.86	0.31			3.37	0.49
4	6	6.67	1.03			4.06	0.31			3.55	0.39
Above 5	22	6.73	1.24			4.08	0.37			3.36	0.42

^aBonferroni correction; M = mean; SD = standard deviation