Table 3 Association between participants’ characteristics and knowledge score
Variables | Knowledge score | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
0–4 n (%) | 5–9 n (%) | ||
Total | 272 (67.83%) | 129 (32.17%) | Â |
Age of the participant | |||
  < 30 | 106 (38.97%) | 51 (39.53%) |  |
 30–50 | 142 (52.21%) | 66 (51.16%) | 0.9608 |
  > 50 | 24 (8.82%) | 12 (9.30%) |  |
Gender of the participant | |||
 Male | 113 (41.54%) | 48 (37.21%) | 0.4460 |
 Female | 159 (58.46%) | 81 (62.79%) |  |
Nationality of the participant | |||
 Saudi | 269 (98.90%) | 128 (99.22%) | 1.0000 |
 Non-Saudi | 3 (1.10%) | 1 (0.78%) |  |
Marital status of the participant | |||
 Married | 184 (67.65%) | 82 (63.57%) |  |
 Single | 76 (27.94%) | 41 (31.78%) | 0.7084 |
 Widowed/divorced | 12 (4.41%) | 6 (4.65%) |  |
Education level completed by the participant | |||
 High school or less | 144 (52.94%) | 42 (32.56%) |  |
 Undergraduate | 118 (43.38%) | 76 (58.91%) | 0.0002* |
 Graduate or more | 10 (3.68%) | 11 (8.53%) |  |
Current employment status of the participant | |||
 Employed | 105 (38.60%) | 58 (44.96%) |  |
 Unemployed | 83 (30.51%) | 35 (27.13%) |  |
 Student | 44 (16.18%) | 20 (15.50%) | 0.8354 |
 Retired | 15 (5.51%) | 6 (4.65%) |  |
 Home duties | 25 (9.19%) | 10 (7.75%) |  |
Type of employment of the participant | |||
 Medical | 21 (7.72%) | 21 (16.28%) | 0.0137* |
 Non-medical | 251 (92.28%) | 108 (83.72%) |  |
Monthly income of the participant | |||
  < 5000SAR | 81 (29.78%) | 25 (19.38%) |  |
 5000–10,000SAR | 115 (42.28%) | 52 (40.31%) | 0.0205* |
  > 10,000SAR | 76 (27.94%) | 52 (40.31%) |  |
Children of the participant | |||
 Yes | 178 (65.44%) | 84 (65.12%) |  |
 No | 94 (34.56%) | 45 (34.88%) | 1.0000 |
Chronic diseases of the participant | |||
 Yes | 59 (21.69%) | 24 (18.60%) |  |
 No | 213 (78.31%) | 105 (81.40%) | 0.5118 |
Previous hospitalization of the participant | |||
 Yes | 126 (46.32%) | 57 (44.19%) |  |
 No | 146 (53.68%) | 72 (55.81%) | 0.7477 |
Previous blood testing and/or donation by the participant | |||
 Yes | 177 (65.07%) | 85 (65.89%) |  |
 No | 95 (34.93%) | 44 (34.11%) | 0.9109 |
Previous tissue (organ) testing and/or donation by the participant | |||
 Yes | 13 (4.78%) | 7 (5.43%) |  |
 No | 259 (95.22%) | 122 (94.57%) | 0.8080 |
Previous Involvement in medical research of the participant | |||
 Yes | 31 (11.40%) | 26 (20.16%) |  |
 No | 241 (88.60%) | 103 (79.84%) | 0.0220* |