Table 1 Demographics of study population and mean scores
Demographics | Frequency n (%) | Mean percentage score ± SD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Knowledge of anticoagulant | P-value | Knowledge specific to warfarin | P-value | ||
Age groups (years) | 0.452 | 0.277 | |||
Mean ± SD (years) | 48.9 ± 15.2 | ||||
≤ 30 | 27 (13.0) | 46.5 ± 16.3 | 16.5 ± 13.4 | ||
31–50 | 92 (44.4) | 50.1 ± 16.9 | 13.2 ± 16.9 | ||
> 50 | 88 (42.5) | 50.6 ± 15.5 | 15.4 ± 16.9 | ||
Gender | 0.055* | 0.185 | |||
Male | 105 (50.1) | 51.9 ± 16.8 | 13.3 ± 16.8 | ||
Female | 102 (49.3) | 47.7 ± 15.4 | 15.7 ± 16.0 | ||
Marital status | 0.666 | 0.366 | |||
Single | 38 (18.4) | 48.2 ± 15.1 | 15.8 ± 14.8 | ||
Married | 169 (81.6) | 50.2 ± 16.4 | 14.2 ± 16.8 | ||
Highest level of education | < 0.001* | 0.977 | |||
High school or equivalent | 56 (27.1) | 56.7 ± 16.3 | 16.2 ± 20.4 | ||
Technical or vocational education | 5 (2.4) | 56.7 ± 11.3 | 12.5 ± 9.6 | ||
Bachelor’s and above | 8 (3.9) | 60.4 ± 19.9 | 18.3 ± 24.8 | ||
No formal education | 138 (66.7) | 46.2 ± 15.0 | 13.6 ± 13.6 | ||
Occupation | 0.228 | 0.434 | |||
Service and sales worker | 9 (4.4) | 53.2 ± 16.8 | 11.7 ± 16.0 | ||
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | 6 (2.9) | 38.9 ± 5.0 | 12.5 ± 18.9 | ||
Craft and related trades workers | 12 (5.8) | 54.2 ± 15.2 | 12.9 ± 14.9 | ||
Plant and machine operators and assemblers | 10 (4.8) | 54.2 ± 13.6 | 14.3 ± 19.0 | ||
Elementary occupations | 33 (15.9) | 52.3 ± 16.3 | 9.6 ± 16.5 | ||
Housewife | 84 (40.6) | 47.6 ± 15.7 | 15.9 ± 16.7 | ||
Unemployed/retired | 40 (19.3) | 48.6 ± 16.0 | 15.9 ± 13.4 | ||
Managers/professionals/technicians and associate professionals | 13 (6.3) | 57.4 ± 21.7 | 18.3 ± 21.2 | ||
Family income (USD) | 0.182 | 0.032* | |||
< 100 | 80 (38.6) | 48.9 ± 17.6 | 17.5 ± 15.6 | ||
100–200 | 98 (47.3) | 48.5 ± 13.7 | 13.4 ± 15.6 | ||
200–500 | 26 (12.6) | 56.6 ± 18.1 | 10.5 ± 19.4 | ||
> 500 | 3 (1.5) | 61.1 ± 26.7 | 20.0 ± 26.5 | ||