Categorical | |||||||||
Variables | Knowledge (%) | Chi-square | p-value | ||||||
Poor | Good | ||||||||
Age groups (in years) 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 69 | 63 (21.6) 151 (51.9) 45 (15.5) 23 (7.9) 9 (3.1) | 54 (19.7) 177 (64.6) 28 (10.2) 9 (3.3) 6 (2.2) | 12.94 | 0.012 | |||||
Years of practice <10 10 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 ≥40 | 200 (68.7) 50 (17.2) 26 (8.9) 14 (4.8) 1 (0.3) | 225 (82.1) 33 (12.0) 8 (2.9) 7 (2.6) 1 (0.4) | 16.32 | 0.003 | |||||
Professional cadre Medical officer Specialist | 226 (77.7) 65 (22.3) | 219 (79.9) 55 (20.1) | 0.43 | 0.51 | |||||
Specialty Obstetrician Surgeon Community physician Family physician Others | 32 (11.0) 3 (1.0) 5 (1.7) 13 (4.5) 12 (4.1) | 23 (8.4) 0 (0.0) 14 (5.1) 12 (4.4) 5 (1.8) | 12.2 | 0.047 | |||||
Type of practice Public Private | 165 (56.7) 126 (43.3) | 183 (66.8) 91 (33.2) | 6.07 | 0.014 | |||||
Continuous variables | |||||||||
Mean ± SD | t-test | Confidence interval | p-value | ||||||
Poor | Good | Lower | Upper | ||||||
Age (in years) | 36.4 ± 9.0 | 34.5 ± 7.4 | 2.70 | 0.51 | 3.25 | 0.007 | |||
Years of practice | 8.8 ± 8.7 | 6.8 ± 6.7 | 3.18 | 0.79 | 3.4 | 0.002 | |||