Nurses’ knowledge and practice regarding mixing medications with food: a multicenter cross-sectional study from a developing country

Table 2 Distribution of the knowledge score by sociodemographic variables (n = 200)

Variable	Percentage n (%)	Median [Q1–Q3]	Mean rank	P value
Gender
Male	86 (43)	12 [9.7–4]	90.6	0.035^a
Female	114 (57)	13 [11–15]	107.97	0.035^a
Marital status
Single	50 (25)	12 [10–15]	102.16	0.814^a
Married	150 (75)	12 [11–14]	99.95	0.814^a
Hospital
Rafidia Surgical Hospital	33 (16.5)	13 [12–15]	124.15	0.171^b
Al-Watani Hospital	33 (16.5)	12 [10–14]	97.44
Jenin Government Hospital	33 (16.5)	12 [10–13.5]	87.89
Tubas Turkish Hospital	33 (16.5)	12 [9.5–14]	97.5
Martyr Dr. Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital	33 (16.5)	12 [11–14.5]	101.83
Darwish Nazzal Hospital	35 (17.5)	12 [11–14]	94.54
Work Department
Emergency room	1 (0.5)	–	195.5	< 0.001^b
ICU	29 (14.5)	11 [8–12]	64.83
NICU	15 (7.5)	15 [12–15]	138.4
Pediatric	33 (16.5)	13 [11.5–15]	119.62
MMW	27 (13.5)	13 [11–14]	101.7
WMW	31 (15.5)	11 [7–14]	78.94
Bone	13 (6.5)	12 [10–14.5]	100.54
Nephrology	21 (10.5)	12 [11–14]	94.64
Surgery	21 (10.5)	12 [11–14]	107.26
Wound	4 (2)	13.5 [13–14.75]	134.63
Delivery	4 (2)	14.5 [11.75–15.75]	138.88
General	1 (0.5)	–	167.00
Years of work
Less than 3 years	41 (20.5)	13 [11–15]	111.39	0.310^b
5 years—10 years	91 (45.5)	12 [10–14]	94.91
More than 10 years	68 (34)	12 [11–14]	101.41
Age (year)
20–29	80 (40)	12 [10–14.75]	101.61	0.674^b
30–39	95 (47)	12 [10–14]	96.6
40–49	20 (10)	13 [11–14.75]	113.68
50–59	5 (2.5)	12 [11–14.5]	104.10
Education level
Diploma	57 (28.5)	12 [10–14.5]	99.29	0.966^b
Bachelor’s degree	132 (66)	12 [11–14]	100.73
Master’s degree	11 (5.5)	12 [11–14]	104.05

^aStatistical significance of the differences was calculated using the Mann‒Whitney U test
^bStatistical significance of the differences calculated using the Kruskal‒Wallis test
ICU Intensive care unit, NICU Neonatal intensive care unit, MMW Men’s medical ward, WMW Women’s medical ward

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