Supplementary Table 3.
Association of level of knowledge in pretest and demographic variables among health-care professionals (n=407)
| Demographic variables | Pretest level of knowledge score, n (%) | Total (n) | Chi-square test (P) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inadequate | Moderate | Adequate | |||
| Age in years | |||||
| 21-25 | 6 (4.6) | 120 (92.3) | 4 (3.1) | 130 | 31.01 (0.000)* |
| 26-30 | 48 (25.7) | 136 (72.7) | 3 (1.6) | 187 | |
| 31-35 | 14 (17.5) | 65 (81.3) | 1 (1.3) | 80 | |
| >35 | 5 (50) | 5 (50) | 0 | 10 | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 49 (21.4) | 175 (76.4) | 5 (2.2) | 229 | 4.509 (0.105) |
| Female | 24 (13.5) | 151 (84.8) | 3 (1.7) | 178 | |
| Designation | |||||
| Faculty | 3 (25) | 9 (75) | 0 | 12 | 28.72 (0.000)* |
| Residents | 15 (13.6) | 94 (85.5) | 1 (0.9) | 110 | |
| MBBS | 3 (3.9) | 69 (89.6) | 5 (6.5) | 77 | |
| Nursing officers | 50 (24.6) | 151 (74.4) | 2 (1) | 203 | |
| Technicians | 2 (40) | 3 (60) | 0 | 5 | |
| Years of experience | |||||
| <1 | 5 (5.5) | 82 (90.1) | 4 (4.4) | 91 | 23.805 (0.001)* |
| 1-5 | 54 (22.3) | 186 (76.9) | 2 (0.8) | 242 | |
| 5-10 | 6 (11.5) | 45 (86.5) | 1 (1.8) | 52 | |
| >10 | 8 (36.4) | 13 (59.1) | 1 (4.5) | 22 | |
| Previous training | |||||
| Yes | 31 (20.5) | 117 (77.5) | 3 (2) | 151 | 5.1 (0.277) |
| No | 34 (18) | 153 (81) | 2 (1.1) | 189 | |
| May be | 8 (11.9) | 56 (83.6) | 3 (4.5) | 67 | |
*P is significant i.e., <0.05