Knowledge levels and attitudes of health care professionals toward patients with hepatitis C infection

Table 3 Health care workers’ hepatitis C knowledge scores in association with different variables (mean ± SD)

Variables		n	Mean knowledge score (SD)	P value
Sex	Male	47	18.78 (2.12)	0.0001
	Female	192	17.1 (2.66)
Age	≤ 30	108	16.75 (2.9)	0.001
	31-40	88	17.93 (2.22)
	≥ 41	43	18.13 (2.41)
Working history	≤ 5	117	17.05 (2.97)	0.073
	6-10	60	17.6 (2.91)
	≥ 11	62	17.98 (2.54)
Professional group	Physicians	79	19.26 (1.97)	0.0001
	Nurses	150	16.61 (2.51)
	Technicians	10	15.3 (1.25)
NSI history	Yes	125	17.28 (2.81)	NS
	No	114	17.59 (2.45)

NSI: Needle stick injury; NS: Not significant.