The perceived effectiveness of MERS-CoV educational programs and knowledge transfer among primary healthcare workers: a cross-sectional survey

Table 4 Knowledge scores across various sample characteristics

	PMS Knowledge Mean ± SD
Gender
Male	67.3 ± 23.4
Female	73.3 ± 16.5
	Z = -1.589, P = 0.112
Age (years)
≤ 30	66.4 ± 20.7
30–40	72.0 ± 18.4
> 40	73.4 ± 18.9
	χ^kwt = 10.51, df = 2, P = 0.005*
Job title
Physician	69.5 ± 24.2
Nurse	74.3 ± 14.0
Pharmacist	64.9 ± 23.2
Technical	71.3 ± 19.0
	χ^kwt = 5.644, df = 3, P = 0.130
Experience (years)
< 5	63.9 ± 22.5
5–10	70.0 ± 18.4
> 10	76.9 ± 15.7
	χ^kwt = 28.39, df = 2, P < 0.001*
Perception towards effectiveness of MERS CoV educational programs
Negative	49.4 ± 20.7
Positive	77.3 ± 13.9
	Z = -10.43, P < 0.001*
Perception towards knowledge transfer of MERS CoV updates
Negative	46.0 ± 19.7
Positive	77.5 ± 13.2
	Z = -11.248, P = 0.001*

n frequency, % percentage, Z Mann Whitney test, χ^kwt Kruskal–Wallis test, df degree of freedom, P P-value, *: significance at < 0.05

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