Table 1 Characteristics of the participants in the study
From: Knowledge of health professional students on waterpipe tobacco smoking: curricula implications
| Pre Intervention | Post Intervention | P Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | |||
| Track | Medicine | 155 | 62.2 | 73 | 55.7 | 0.240 |
| Nursing | 94 | 37.8 | 58 | 44.3 | ||
| Total | 249 | 100.0 | 131 | 100.0 | ||
| Year | Year 1 | 71 | 28.5 | 23 | 17.8 | 0.299 |
| Year 2 | 51 | 20.5 | 25 | 19.4 | ||
| Year 3 | 51 | 20.5 | 42 | 32.6 | ||
| Year 4 | 42 | 16.9 | 25 | 19.4 | ||
| Year 5 | 18 | 7.2 | 9 | 7.0 | ||
| Year 6 | 16 | 6.4 | 5 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | 249 | 100.0 | 129 | 100.0 | ||
| Age (Years) | 19 | 48 | 19.5 | 15 | 13.8 | 0.503 |
| 20 | 42 | 17.1 | 24 | 22.0 | ||
| 21 | 58 | 23.6 | 30 | 27.5 | ||
| 22 | 64 | 26.0 | 28 | 25.7 | ||
| 23 | 34 | 13.8 | 12 | 11.0 | ||
| Total | 246 | 100.0 | 109 | 100.0 | ||
| Gender | Male | 78 | 31.5 | 42 | 33.3 | 0.713 |
| Female | 170 | 68.5 | 84 | 66.7 | ||
| Total | 248 | 100.0 | 126 | 100.0 | ||
| Nationality | GCC Citizen | 219 | 88.0 | 118 | 90.0 | 0.518 |
| Others | 30 | 12.0 | 13 | 10.0 | ||
| Total | 249 | 100.0 | 131 | 100.0 | ||