Table 7.

Comparison of some socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge scores of nurses (N = 385).

	$\overline{\mathrm{X}}$	±SD
Sex
Female	9.39	1.31
Male	8.28	1.54
Z, p*	−2.537	0.011
Highest nursing degree
Associate degree	8.86	2.19
BSN	9.30	1.29
MSN	9.33	1.26
PhD	9.70	1.27
X2, p**	5.303	0.151
Primary role
Clinical nurse	9.15	1.35
Education nurse in clinical setting	8.00	1.41
Head nurse/supervisor	9.26	1.34
Faculty/instructor	9.68	1.32
Graduate students	9.65	0.97
Other	9.28	1.34
X2, p	14.751	0.011 a
Actively seeing patients
Yes	9.19	1.34
No	9.54	1.27
Z, p	−2.531	0.011
Total years of work in nursing
1–5	9.37	1.43
6–10	9.30	1.15
11 and higher	9.37	1.37
X2, p	4.341	0.114

^aThe p value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.

^*Mann-Whitney U test.

^**Kruskal Wallis test.

^aFaculty and instructors had higher knowledge level than clinical nurses.