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Table 1 Overall knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) scores before and after educational intervention by socio-demographic characteristics among SANG soldiers (Jeddah, 2009)

From: Improvement of the low knowledge, attitude and practice of hepatitis B virus infection among Saudi national guard personnel after educational intervention

Characteristics

N (%) mean±SD

Overall KAP score

Post-intervention Median (IQR)

p-value*

  

Pre-intervention Median (IQR)

  

Overall

400 (100.0%)

16 (6–26)

53 (50–55)

<0.001

Age (mean±SD, years)

30.7±6.1

   

Age groups

 

P**=0.086

P**=0.107

 

 <25 years

57 (14.3%)

15 (4.5-25.5)

54 (50.5-55)

<0.001

 25-34 years

256 (64.0%)

15 (6–24)

53 (51–54)

<0.001

 35+ years

87 (21.8%)

19 (8–30)

52 (49–54)

<0.001

Educational level

 

P**=0.007

P<0.001

 

 Elementary or lower

83 (20.8%)

14 (5–21)

50 (45–53)

<0.001

 Intermediate

134 (33.5%)

14.5 (6–22.3)

53 (50–55)

<0.001

 Secondary or higher

183 (45.8%)

19 (6–30)

54 (52–55)

<0.001

Marital status

 

P**=0.358

P**=0.284

 

 Single or divorced

86 (21.5%)

14.5 (5–25.3)

52.5 (50–54)

<0.001

 Married

314 (78.5%)

16.5 (6–26)

53 (50–55)

<0.001

Monthly income, amount

 

P**=0.001

P**=0.004

 

 ≤8000 SR

324 (81.0%)

15 (5–24)

53 (50–54)

<0.001

 >8000 SR

76 (19.0%)

20.5 (10.5-31)

54 (52–55)

<0.001

Monthly income, sufficiency

 

P**=0.338

P**=0.228

 

 Sufficient

246 (61.5%)

16 (5–26)

53 (50–55)

<0.001

 Insufficient

154 (38.5%)

17 (7–26.3)

53 (49–54)

<0.001

Type of the job

 

P**=0.005

P**=0.026

 

 Technical

255 (63.8%)

14 (5–24)

53 (49–54)

<0.001

 Administrative

145 (36.2%)

19 (9–28)

53 (51–55)

<0.001

Rank

 

P**=0.026

P**=0.007

 

 Soldier

138 (34.5%)

14 (4.8-23.3)

53 (49–54)

<0.001

 First soldier

126 (31.5%)

15.5 (6–24.3)

52.5 (50–54)

<0.001

 Corporal or higher

136 (34.0%)

19.5 (7.3-29.8)

54 (51–55)

<0.001

Service years (mean±SD)

10.0±6.8

   

Duration of service groups

 

P**=0.542

P**=0.123

 

 <5 years

102 (25.5%)

15.5 (5–26.3)

53 (51–55)

<0.001

 5-9 years

125 (31.3%)

15 (6–24.5)

53 (51–55)

<0.001

 ≥10 years

173 (43.3%)

18 (6.5-27)

53 (49–54)

<0.001

History of HBV vaccine

 

P**=0.039

P**=0.081

 

 No or don’t know

322 (80.5%)

15 (5–26)

53 (50–54)

<0.001

 Yes

78 (19.5%)

19 (9.8-27.8)

53.5 (51–55)

<0.001

  1. N (%), frequency and percentage; Mean±SD, mean and standard deviation; IQR, inter-quartile range; SR, Saudi Riyals.
  2. *Wilcoxon signed rank test ** Mann–Whitney test or Kruskal Wallis test as appropriate.
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