A cross-sectional survey of knowledge, attitude and practice associated with COVID-19 among undergraduate students in China

Table 7 Comparison of COVID-19 related KAP scores between different groups

	Variables	(n)	Knowledge		Attitude				Practice			Total KAP
	Variables	(n)	\( \overline{x}\pm s \)	t	p	\( \overline{x}\pm s \)	t	p	\( \overline{x}\pm s \)	t	p	\( \overline{x}\pm s \)	t	p
Gender	Male	338	4.07 ± 0.78	−1.537	0.125	8.30 ± 1.33	−4.706	0.000	8.92 ± 1.46	0.176	0.860	20.55 ± 2.38	−2.827	0.005
Gender	Female	534	4.15 ± 0.73			8.69 ± 1.09			8.90 ± 1.41			20.98 ± 2.04
Major	Medical	430	4.17 ± 0.71	2.240	0.025	8.59 ± 1.16	1.058	0.290	9.00 ± 1.37	1.751	0.080	21.00 ± 2.13	2.437	0.015
Major	Non-medical	442	4.06 ± 0.78			8.50 ± 1.24			8.83 ± 1.49			20.64 ± 2.23
Grade	First year	580	4.13 ± 0.73	0.686	0.493	8.59 ± 1.16	1.758	0.079	8.89 ± 1.43	−0.474	0.636	20.85 ± 2.17	0.588	0.557
Grade	Others	292	4.09 ± 0.78			8.44 ± 1.28			8.94 ± 1.43			20.75 ± 2.23
School type	Public	453	4.18 ± 0.75	2.636	0.009	8.52 ± 1.25	−0.548	0.584	8.89 ± 1.51	−0.472	0.637	20.82 ± 2.29	0.082	0.935
School type	Private	419	4.05 ± 0.74			8.57 ± 1.15			8.93 ± 1.35			20.81 ± 2.07

Independent sample T-test was used to compare the scores of KAP between different groups: male vs. female, medical vs. non-medial majors, first year vs. other grades, public vs. private schools

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