Table 3 Association of knowledge with demographics
Good Knowledge n (%) | Poor Knowledge n (%) | P-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Total | 260 (54.39) | 218 (45.61) | |
Gender | |||
Female | 184 (56.2) | 143 (43.8) | |
Male | 76 (50.3) | 75 (49.7) | |
Profession | < 0.001 | ||
Physicians | 181 (67.5) | 87 (32.5) | |
Nurses | 71 (40) | 108 (60) | |
Pharmacists | 20 (64.5) | 11 (35.5) | |
Age | < 0.001 | ||
18–25 | 60 (42.3) | 82 (57.7) | |
26–33 | 89 (51.7) | 83 (48.3) | |
31–38 | 57 (68.7) | 26 (31.3) | |
39–46 | 39 (76.5) | 12 (23.5) | |
47 and above | 25 (83.3) | 5 (16.7) | |
Marital status | < 0.001 | ||
Married | 151 (54.1) | 128 (45.9) | |
Single | 106 (55.5) | 85 (44.5) | |
Experience of practice | < 0.001 | ||
0–3 | 80 (47) | 90 (53) | |
4–6 | 73 (52.9) | 65 (47.1) | |
7–9 | 64 (62) | 39 (38) | |
> 10 | 56 (83.5) | 11 (16.5) | |
Region | 0.055 | ||
Rawalpindi | 112 (53) | 99 (47) | |
Islamabad | 146 (54.7) | 121 (45.3) | |
Category of practice | < 0.001 | ||
Secondary | 40 (44.9) | 49 (55.1) | |
Tertiary | 246 (63.2) | 143 (36.8) | |