Table 4 Association of sociodemographic factors of dental students with the level of knowledge about pharmacological management in pregnant women
Variable | Category | Level of knowledge | *p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor | Fair | Good | |||
f (%) | f (%) | f (%) | |||
Sex | Female | 49 (24.6) | 110 (55.3) | 40 (20.1) | 0.673 |
Male | 32 (28.3) | 62 (54.9) | 19 (16.8) | ||
Age group | < 24 years | 47 (27.0) | 93 (53.4) | 34 (19.5) | 0.798 |
≥ 24 years | 34 (24.6) | 79 (57.2) | 25 (18.1) | ||
Year of study | 3rd year | 29 (24.8) | 73 (62.4) | 15 (12.8) | < 0.001* |
4th year | 35 (32.4) | 59 (54.6) | 14 (13.0) | ||
5th year | 17 (19.5) | 40 (46.0) | 30 (34.5) | ||
Marital status | Unmarried | 74 (26.8) | 153 (55.4) | 49 (17.8) | 0.301 |
Married | 7 (19.4) | 19 (52.8) | 10 (27.8) | ||
Place of origin | Capital | 49 (22.2) | 130 (58.8) | 42 (19.0) | 0.048* |
Province | 32 (35.2) | 42 (46.2) | 17 (18.7) | ||
Area of residence | Urban | 76 (26.1) | 163 (56.0) | 52 (17.9) | 0.209 |
Rural | 5 (23.8) | 9 (42.9) | 7 (33.3) | ||