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Table 3 Comparison of social and demographic characteristics, and median and mean ranks of knowledge and attitude scores (N = 494)

From: A cross-sectional study: exploring knowledge and attitude of medical and nursing students to Care for Elders in the future

Variable

N

%

Knowledge score

Attitude score

Median

IQR

Mean rank

P

Median

IQR

Mean rank

P

Gender

 Male

220

44.5

13

11-15

213.62

<.0001

44.5

41-48

273.93

<.0001

 Female

274

55.5

14

12-16

274.71

42

40-46

226.28

Age (years old)

 18-20

79

16

15

12-16

278.33

<.0001

43

39-46

237.54

.519

 21-23

335

67.8

13

12-16

255.47

43

40-47

246.24

  > 23

80

16.2

12

10.25-14

183.66

44.5

40-48.75

262.60

Monthly income

 < SR 15,000

231

46.8

14

12-16

277.52

<.0001

42

40-46

222.12

<.0001

 ≥ SR 15,000

263

53.2

13

11-15

221.13

44

41-48

269.79

Origin

 Urban

464

93.9

13

12-16

247.81

.847

43

40-48

246.67

.609

 Rural

30

6.1

13

12-15

242.65

43

42-47

260.38

Family type

 Nuclear

364

73.7

13

11-15

241.77

.053

44

40-48

253.68

.238

 Extended

54

10.9

14

11-16.25

270.57

42

40-45

216.69

 Grand parents

4

0.8

15

12.75-18

323.13

42.5

35.75-44

180.00

 Single parents

57

11.5

13

12-15.5

233.91

43

40-49

253.11

 Others

15

3

15

14-18

334.97

41

38-47

205.20

Specialty

 Medicine

282

57.1

13

11-15

209.45

<.0001

44

41-49

276.21

<.0001

 Nursing

212

42.9

15

12-17.75

298.11

42

39-45

209.31

Specialty x Gender

 Medicine x Male

187

37.9

13

11-14

200.80

<.0001

45

41-48

282.58

<.0001

 Medicine x Female

95

19.2

13

12-15

226.48

44

41-49

263.67

 Nursing x Male

33

6.7

14

12.5-17

286.24

43

38-47

224.92

 Nursing x Female

179

36.2

15

12-18

300.30

42

39-45

206.43

Year

 1st

2

0.4

16

.

343.50

<.0001

38.5

.

92.00

.256

 2nd

3

0.6

15

.

342.00

45

.

281.17

 3rd

140

28.3

15

12.25-16

292.59

43

40-47

244.62

 4th

140

28.3

13

12-16

252.14

43

40-46

232.55

 5th

72

14.6

13

11-15

236.85

43

40-46

247.23

 6th

49

9.9

13

11.5-

231.51

47

40-51

283.29

 Internship

88

17.8

12

15.5

180.60

44

40-48

258.55

10-14

Family number

 1-3

34

6.9

14

13-16

285.72

.207

42

40-47

225.96

.018

 4-6

229

46.4

13

11-16

239.94

44

41-48

267.06

 ≥ 7

231

46.8

13

12-16

249.37

43

40-46

231.28

Elders number

 0

332

67.2

13

12-16

244.92

.524

43

40-48

248.93

.096

 1

129

26.1

13

11.5-16

255.60

44

40.5-48

258.10

 2

32

6.5

13

11-15

236.20

41.5

39-44.75

194.81

 ≥ 3

1

0.2

Omitted

Omitted

422.00

Omitted

Omitted

90.00

  1. % Percentages, IQR Interquartile Range (25th, 75th), N Frequency, p-value
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