Table 2.
Association between knowledge and participants’ characteristics (univariate analysis results).
| Characteristics | Knowledge Scores on PMS (Mean ± SD)/5 |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.03 a | |
| Male | 2.33 ± 1.79 | |
| Female | 2.94 ± 1.65 | |
| Age group (in years) | 0.03 b | |
| 18–21 | 2.94 ± 1.65 | |
| 22–25 | 2.53 ± 1.73 | |
| 26–29 | 3.55 ± 1.50 | |
| ≥30 | 3.27 ± 1.58 | |
| Nationality | <0.01 a | |
| Qatari | 2.55 ± 1.65 | |
| Non-Qatari | 3.16 ± 1.64 | |
| College | <0.01 b | |
| College of Business & Economics | 1.76 ± 1.64 | |
| College of Sharia | 2.61 ± 1.55 | |
| College of Law | 2.29 ± 1.70 | |
| College of Engineering | 2.22 ± 1.55 | |
| College of Arts & Sciences | 2.73 ± 1.64 | |
| College of Health Sciences | 3.70 ± 1.52 | |
| College of Medicine | 3.44 ± 1.50 | |
| College of Education | 2.70 ± 1.34 | |
| College of Pharmacy | 3.00 ± 1.69 | |
| Year of study | 0.34 b | |
| 1st Year | 2.82 ± 1.65 | |
| 2nd Year | 3.08 ± 1.58 | |
| 3rd Year | 2.76 ± 1.75 | |
| 4th Year | 2.96 ± 1.66 | |
| 5th Year or more | 2.84 ± 1.83 | |
| Marital status | 0.47 a | |
| Single (never married) | 2.91 ± 1.67 | |
| Engaged | 2.56 ± 1.79 | |
| Relation between parents | <0.01 b | |
| First cousins | 2.48 ± 1.61 | |
| Second cousins | 2.33 ± 1.78 | |
| More distant relation | 3.29 ± 1.47 | |
| Not related at all | 3.00 ± 1.68 | |
| Family member diagnosed with a genetic disease | <0.01 a | |
| Yes | 3.37 ± 1.55 | |
| No | 2.79 ± 1.70 | |
| Do not know | 2.64 ± 1.62 | |
| Have you ever undergone premarital screening? | 0.35 a | |
| Yes | 2.64 ± 1.75 | |
| No | 2.91 ± 1.67 |
a Mann-Whitney test; b Krukal-Wallis test.