Table 5. Relation between the knowledge score of participants and their demographic and occupational characteristics (n=377).
(*) Statistically significant at p<0.05
| Knowledge score (max=20) | |||
| Demographic and Occupational characteristics | Median | Median test Statistic | p-value |
| Age category | |||
| 20 - 30 years | 5 | ||
| 31 - 40 years | 10 | ||
| 41 - 50 years | 7 | 6.9 | 0.001* |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 7 | ||
| Female | 10 | 0.57 | 0.001* |
| Nationality | |||
| Saudi | 8 | ||
| Non- Saudi | 7 | 4.6 | 0.063 |
| Health Sectors | |||
| Ministry of Health | 8 | ||
| Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs | 12 | ||
| Health services of the Ministry of Defense | 7 | 0.2 | 0.001* |
| Profession | |||
| Physician | 8 | ||
| Nurse | 7.5 | 5.057 | 0.08 |
| Length of Experience | |||
| Less than five years | 6 | ||
| From five to ten years | 8 | ||
| More than ten years | 10 | 14.7 | 0.003* |
| Having a training course bout the notifiable diseases surveillance system | |||
| Yes | 12 | ||
| No | 7 | 10.08 | 0.002* |