Table 5.

Association between socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge, attitude, practices dimensions (n = 134).

Dimensions/Variables	Knowledge Mean ± SD	Pa	Attitude Mean±SDb	Pa	Practice Mean + SDb	Pa	KAP Mean ± SD	Pa
Gender		0.99		0.21		0.26		0.89
Male	75 ± 13		91 ± 12		92 ± 13		83.07 ± 10.89
Female	76 ± 12		95 ± 10		86 ± 15		83.38 ± 9.15
Age [20–30]	76 ± 12	0.30	90 ± 13	0.05	94 ± 11	0.66	84.06 ± 9.5	0.41
[31–40]	74 ± 13		84 ± 18		96 ± 8		81.83 ± 9.3
[41–50]	74 ± 10		78 ± 17		95 ± 6		79.7 ± 8.5
>50	83 ± 6		92 ± 11		97 ± 9		86.2 ± 5.97
Marital Status		0.17		0.32		0.04		0.099
Single	78 ± 13		94 ± 12		91 ± 13		85.52 ± 10.28
Married	74 ± 11		96 ± 7		85 ± 17		81.94 ± 8.75
Ever married	72 ± 14		92 ± 14		83 ± 13		82.07 ± 8.47
Level of Education		0.00		0.09		0.30		0.002
Technical degree	80 ± 11		89 ± 15		94 ± 11		83.91 ± 8.69
Bachelor in Nursing	74 ± 12		84 ± 10		86 ± 15		82.05 ± 9.59
Graduate degree	85 ± 2		99 ± 3		90 ± 11		90.19 ± 6.63
Years of Experience	76 ± 12	0.82	94 ± 10	0.39	88 ± 14	0.70	83.72 ± 9.20	0.71
Less than 5 [5–10]	76 ± 12		94 ± 9		86 ± 16		82.12 ± 9.32
More than 10	75 ± 13		97 ± 8		85 ± 17		83.94 ± 10.46
Training for a relevant course		0.00		0.90		0.35		0.023
No	73 ± 14		94 ± 10		86 ± 16		81.7 ± 10.14
Yes	79 ± 9		95 ± 11		89 ± 13		85.43 ± 7.99
Sources of information		0.12		0.06		0.32		0.26
Media
No	77 ± 11		95 ± 10		87 ± 16		84.09 ± 9.7
Yes	74 ± 13		93 ± 11		88 ± 13		82.17 ± 8.79
TV	72 ± 15	0.01	94 ± 9	0.81	88 ± 12	0.33	80.77 ± 10.47	0.11
Audio	75 ± 20	0.01	98 ± 5	0.09	81 ± 17	0.43	82.76 ± 11.12	11.12
Brochures	77 ± 13	0.30	97 ± 8	0.00	88 ± 15	0.44	85.2 ± 9.9	0.039
Conferences	76 ± 11	0.00	94 ± 16	0.33	86 ± 16	0.00	83.36 ± 9.9	0.92

^aP: p-value.

^bSD: standard deviation.