Table 3.

Comparisons of knowledge, attitude, preference, and barrier scores according to sociodemographic characteristics (n = 686).

Variables	No.	Kn score	p value	At score	p value	Pref score	p value	Barri score	p value
		$\overline{x}\pm \text{SD}$		$\overline{x}\pm \text{SD}$		$\overline{x}\pm \text{SD}$		$\overline{x}\pm \text{SD}$
Sex			0.890		0.744		0.382		0.006
(i) Male	339	74.32 ± 7.78		82.32 ± 13.70		64.9 ± 26.60		26.2 ± 25.94
(ii) Female	347	74.26 ± 7.18		82.34 ± 12.76		63.8 ± 25.23		31.7 ± 27.15
Residence			0.301		0.736		0.202		0.379
(i) Lower Egypt	381	74.4 ± 7.44		82.4 ± 13.5		64.0 ± 27.1		30.1 ± 27.5
(ii) Upper Egypt	48	74.5 ± 7.29		84.0 ± 12.8		65.4 ± 26.8		26.0 ± 25.5
(iii) Cairo	255	74.1 ± 7.60		81.9 ± 13.0		65.1 ± 23.7		27.7 ± 25.7
(iv) Sinai	2	67.5 ± 3.54		80.0 ± 0.00		20.0 ± 14.1		50.0 ± 0.00
Education			0.015		0.006		0.011		0.006
(i) Postuniversity	192	72.7 ± 7.70		80.8 ± 14.0		60.1 ± 29.2		31.7 ± 27.2
(ii) University	401	74.8 ± 7.41		82.9 ± 12.8		65.1 ± 24.3		27.7 ± 26.0
(iii) Preuniversity	81	75.5 ± 7.11		83.4 ± 13.9		69.6 ± 25.0		28.3 ± 27.7
(iv) Basic	9	74.4 ± 5.83		81.5 ± 10.4		76.7 ± 21.8		27.8 ± 31.9
(v) None	3	73.3 ± 3.33		77.8 ± 3.85		63.3 ± 5.77		50.0 ± 36.1
Job			0.034		0.002		0.234		0.519
(i) Governmental	243	73.2 ± 7.38		80.2 ± 13.5		63.5 ± 27.8		30.5 ± 28.1
(ii) Nongovernmental	105	75.0 ± 8.33		84.3 ± 12.5		66.8 ± 25.1		26.6 ± 23.8
(iii) Unemployed	117	75.2 ± 6.90		81.9 ± 12.1		66.8 ± 22.9		32.3 ± 28.0
(iv) Freelance	97	74.2 ± 6.66
(v) Student	106	75.6 ± 7.68		86.3 ± 10.8		59.9 ± 25.2		25.8 ± 24.5
(vi) Wages	18	71.1 ± 8.28		79.6 ± 9.83		57.8 ± 30.8		30.0 ± 21.1
Work hours			0.039		0.117		0.010		0.515
(i) 0 h	207	75.3 ± 7.22		83.7 ± 11.8		64.4 ± 24.3		28.6 ± 26.7
(ii) ≤5 h	61	73.5 ± 6.10		82.1 ± 14.0		64.1 ± 26.7		33.8 ± 29.4
(iii) 6–10 h	336	74.4 ± 7.45		82.3 ± 13.6		66.3 ± 26.7		28.4 ± 26.9
(iv) >10 h	82	72.0 ± 8.63		79.3 ± 14.2		56.3 ± 24.8		28.8 ± 23.5
Comorbidities			0.585		0.165		0.680		0151
(i) No	530	74.4 ± 7.62		82.6 ± 13.5		64.3 ± 25.2		28.1 ± 26.2
(ii) Yes	156	73.9 ± 6.98		81.3 ± 12.1		64.6 ± 28.2		32.0 ± 28.2
Previous use			0.404		0.614		0.256		0.092
(i) No	340	74.5 ± 7.03		82.0 ± 13.4		65.1 ± 26.4		30.9 ± 27.5
(ii) Yes	346	74.1 ± 7.90		82.6 ± 13.0		63.6 ± 25.4		27.1 ± 25.7
First use			0.385		0.189		0.389		0.046
(i) Never	280	74.4 ± 7.35		82.2 ± 12.7		64.0 ± 26.6		31.8 ± 27.2
(ii) Before COVID-19	121	75.0 ± 7.39		84.1 ± 13.2		67.4 ± 24.6		25.5 ± 25.3
(iii) After COVID-19	285	73.9 ± 7.64		81.7 ± 13.6		63.4 ± 25.7		27.8 ± 26.6

Kn: knowledge; At: attitude; Pref: preference to use telemedicine; Barri: barriers to use telemedicine.