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Table 3 Gender and mean scores in the four domains of KCAHW questionnaire

From: Recognition of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) symptoms and knowledge about some other aspects of ASD among final year medical students in Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa

Gender

N (%)

Domain 1

Domain 2

Domain 3

Domain 4

Male

457 (60.4)

6.2 ± 1.9

0.7 ± 0.4

2.7 ± 1.3

3.9 ± 1.4

Female

300 (39.6)

6.2 ± 1.7

0.7 ± 0.5

2.7 ± 1.1

3.6 ± 1.4

Total

757 (100)

6.2 ± 1.8

0.7 ± 0.5

2.7 ± 1.2

3.8 ± 1.4

Statistics

(T-test)

p = 0.968

p = 0.676

p = 0.761

p = 0.011

  1. Maximum scores of 8, 1, 4 and 6 are possible in domains 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. A minimum score of 0 is possible in any of the four domains
  2. There is no statistical significant difference in the mean scores across genders in domains 1, 2 and 3, but domain 4 showed statistical significant difference with male gender performing better in this domain
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BMC Research Notes

ISSN: 1756-0500

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