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