Table 2 Association between sociodemographic factors and all domains of malnutrition knowledge, attitudes, and practices (M-KAP)
Variables | Number (%) | Knowledge score median (Q1–Q3) | Attitude score median (Q1–Q3) | Knowledge and attitude score | Practice score median (Q1–Q3) | KAP score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 405 | Median (Q1–Q3) | Mean (SD) | ||||
Gender | ||||||
Male | 243 (60%) | 54 (49.00–57.00)$,a | 18 (16.00–19.00)$,a | 71 (66.00–75.00)$,a | 15 (13.00–17.00)$,a | 85.59 (9.72)$,b |
Female | 162 (40%) | 53 (49.00–56.00) | 18 (15.00–20.00) | 70 (65.00–75.00) | 15 (13.00–18.00) | 85.67 (9.18) |
Age categories | ||||||
 < 30 | 194 (47.90%) | 54 (49.00–57.00)*,c | 18 (15.00–20.00) *,c | 71.00 (65.00–76.00) $,c | 15 (13.00–18.00) $,c | 86.10 (9.41) #,d |
30–39 | 135 (33.33%) | 53 (49.00–57.00) | 18 (15.00–19.00) | 70.00 (66.00–75.00) | 15 (13.00–18.00) | 85.85 (9. 23) |
40–49 | 45 (11.11%) | 54 (50.00–56.00) | 18 (17.00–20.00) | 72.00 (68.00–75.00) | 15 (13.50–16.50) | 86. 22 (8.56) |
50–59 | 24 (5.93%) | 49 (45.5–54.75) | 18 (16.00–19.00) | 67.50 (64.00–73.75) | 16 (13.00–17.00) | 82.16 (9.01) |
 > 60 | 6 (1.48%) | 43.5 (41.00–53.50) | 19 (14.25–19.25) | 62.50 (56.00–72.50) | 11 (5.25–16.75) | 73.83 (18. 23) |
Type of hospital | ||||||
Non-governmental | 170 (41.98%) | 54 (49.00–57.00) $,a | 18.50 (16.00–20.00) #,a | 71.50 (67.00–76. 25) *,a | 16 (13.00–19.00) *,a | 86.95 (9.84) *,b |
Governmental | 235(58.02%) | 53 (49.00–56.00) | 17.00 (15.00–19.00) | 70.00 (65.00–75.00) | 15 (13.00–17.00) | 84.66 (9.15) |
Units | ||||||
ICU | 51(12.58%) | 55 (50.00–59.00) #,c | 17 (15.00–19.00) $,c | 71 (68.00–77.00) #,c | 18 (15.00–20.00) #,c | 89.07 (9.45) #,d |
Surgical | 97(23.95%) | 54 (48.50–57.00) | 18 (16.00–20.00) | 71 (65.00–76.00) | 15 (13.00–17.00) | 85. 23 (8.74) |
Internal | 83(20.49%) | 54 (50.00–58.00) | 18 (16.00–20.00) | 73 (67.00–76.00) | 15 (13.00–17.00) | 87.06 (10.93) |
Gynecology & obstetric | 55(13.58%) | 51 (48.00–54.00) | 17 (14.00–19.00) | 68 (63.00–73.00) | 14 (10.00–16.00) | 81.30 (9.75) |
Pediatric | 60(14.81%) | 54 (50.00–58.00) | 18 (17.00–20.00) | 72 (67.00–76.00) | 15 (12.00–17.00) | 86.55 (8. 26) |
Emergency | 38(9.38%) | 51 (49.00–54.25) | 17 (16.00–19.00) | 68 (65.00–72. 25) | 15 (14.00–17.00) | 83.94 (6.61) |
Others | 21 (5.19%) | 52 (50.00–55.50) | 17 (15.50–19.00) | 70 (66.50–73.00) | 16 (10.50–18.50) | 85.09 (10.30) |
Job title | ||||||
Resident physician | 109 (26.91%) | 54 (49.00–57.00) $,c | 18 (16.00–19.00) $,c | 72 (67.00–75.00) $,c | 14 (12.00–16.00) #,c | 84.77 (8. 22) #,d |
Specialist physician | 64 (15.80%) | 52 (49.00–54.00) | 18 (16.00–19.00) | 70 (67.00–73.00) | 13 (11.00–15.00) | 82.84 (8.34) |
Practical nurse | 49 (12.10%) | 53 (49.50–55.00) | 18 (15.00–20.00) | 70 (64.00–75.50) | 17 (15.00–20.00) | 87.08 (8.84) |
Staff nurse | 150 (37.04%) | 54 (49.00–58.00) | 18 (15.00–20.00) | 71 (65.00–76.50) | 17 (14.00–19.00) | 87.62 (10.80) |
Nurse-midwife | 33 (8.15%) | 52 (48.50–54.00) | 17 (13.50–19.00) | 69 (63.00–72.50) | 14 (12.00–17.00) | 82.57 (8.03) |
Contract type | ||||||
Full time | 375 (92.59%) | 53 (49.00–57.00) $,a | 18 (16.00–19.00) $,a | 71 (65.00–75.00) $,a | 15 (13.00–18.00) $,a | 85.50 (9.57) $,b |
Part time | 30 (7.41%) | 54 (49.75–57. 25) | 18.50 (15.75–20.00) | 70 (66.75–76.00) | 16 (14.00–19.00) | 87. 20 (8.61) |
Years of experience | ||||||
 < 3 | 89 (21.98%) | 53 (49.00- 57.00) $,c | 18 (16.00–20.00) $,c | 70 (65.50–75.00) $,c | 14 (12.50–17.50) $,c | 85.43 (9.03) $,d |
03-Oct | 202 (49.88%) | 54 (49.00–57.00) | 18 (15.00–19.00) | 71 (66.00–76.00) | 15 (13.00–18.00) | 85.85 (9.68) |
 > 10 | 114 (28.15%) | 52 (49.00–56.00) | 18 (16.00–20.00) | 71(65.00–75.00) | 16 (13.50–17.50) | 85.37 (9.60) |