Table 4.

Association between knowledge and attitude with the background characteristics of the study population (n = 300).

		Knowledge			Attitude
	Total (n = 300)	Low/Average (n = 169)	High (n = 131)	p-Value	Low/Average (n = 157)	High (n = 143)	p-Value
Age group
≤30	90	37	53	0.002 *	44	46	0.202
31–45	124	80	44		61	63
>45	86	52	34		52	34
Gender
Male	191	103	88	0.266	102	89	0.623
Female	109	66	43		55	54
Physicians’ nationality
Saudi	165	94	71	0.805	75	90	0.008
Non-Saudi	135	75	60		82	53
Highest qualification
Bachelor (MBBS/MBBCh/Equivalent)	130	71	59	0.511	66	64	0.406
Masters (MD/MS)	102	62	40		58	44
Saudi Board and Fellowship	68	36	32		33	35
Current position
Resident	142	78	64	0.503	70	72	0.461
Specialist	95	58	37		50	45
Consultant	63	33	30		37	26
PHC work experience
Up to 5 years	114	63	51	0.955	65	49	0.403
6 to 10 years	96	55	41		49	47
More than 10 years	90	51	39		43	47
EBM training in the last 5 years
No	115	45	70	<0.001 *	49	66	0.007 *
Yes	185	124	61		108	77

* Significant association (p < 0.05) obtained through chi-square test.