Table 2 Kruskal Wallis H test for predictor variables on the level of knowledge and practices on insulin storage and injection differences among respondents’ in northwest Ethiopia primary hospitals, Gondar, 2019 (N = 166)
Variables | Knowledge score | Practice score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median (IQR) | Test Statistics (X2), (df) | P-value | Median (IQR) | Test Statistics (X2), (df) | P-value | |
Educational status | ||||||
Illiterate | 8 (6–10) | 18.89, (3) | < 0.001** | 28 (27–30) | 25.86, (3) | < 0.001** |
Read & write only | 9 (8–11) | 28 (24–33) | ||||
1ry and 2ndry education | 9.5 (8–10) | 31 (29.3–35) | ||||
College & above | 12 (8–13) | 32 (29.3–34) | ||||
Occupation | ||||||
Farmer | 0.076 | 28 (27–31.3) | 23.24, (4) | < 0.001** | ||
Employer | 32 (28–35) | |||||
Merchant | 29 (25.8–31) | |||||
Housewife | 31 (28–34) | |||||
Student | 32 (31–34) | |||||
Years of insulin therapy | ||||||
0.25–1 | 8 (6–9) | 0.008** | 28.5 (21.3–30.8) | 15.85, (3) | 0.001* | |
> 1–5 | 9 (7–10.5) | 11.71, (3) | 31 (28.5–34) | |||
> 5–10 | 10 (8–12) | 29 (27–31) | ||||
> 10 | 11 (8.5–12) | 28.5 (27–32.5) | ||||
Years of disease | ||||||
0.25–1 | 8 (6–10) | 10.67, (3) | 0.014* | 30 (22–32) | 8.55, (3) | 0.036* |
> 1–5 | 9 (7–10) | 31 (28–34) | ||||
> 5–10 | 10 (8–12) | 30.5 (27.3–33.8) | ||||
> 10 | 10.5 (7.8–12) | 28 (27–32.5) | ||||
Knowledge level | ||||||
Adequate (> 10.5) | // | // | // | 29 (23–31) | 19.26, (2) | < 0.001** |
Moderate (8–10.5) | 30 (28–32.5) | |||||
Inadequate (< 7) | 32.5 (29–35) | |||||