Knowledge, attitude, and use of protective measures against COVID-19 among nurses: a questionnaire-based multicenter cross-sectional study

Table 7 Differences in knowledge, attitude, and use of protective measures against COVID-19 among the nurses

			Knowledge					Attitude					Use of protective measures
Variable	n	%	Mean	SD	p-value	Pearson’s r	p-value	Mean	SD	p-value	Pearson’s r	p-value	Mean	SD	p-value	Pearson’s r	p-value
Gender
Male	170	37.4	73.2	10.1	0.001	0.16	0.001	79.4	16.2	< 0.001	−0.19	< 0.001	90.2	20.7	0.213	0.06	0.213
Female	285	62.6	77.2	13.3	0.001	0.16	0.001	72.5	18.1	< 0.001	−0.19	< 0.001	92.4	16.6	0.213	0.06	0.213
Self-rated financial status (reported on a Likert-scale of 1–3)
Low	70	15.4	70.5	7.7	< 0.001	0.12	0.008	73.8	16.4	< 0.001	−0.06	0.195	90.5	19.8	0.176	0.06	0.208
Middle	370	81.3	76.9	13.0				76.1	17.8				91.4	18.2
High	15	3.3	70.8	6.1				55.6	8.1				89.9	18.3
Self-rated social life (reported on a Likert-scale of 1–3)
Low	25	5.5	67.5	10.2	0.002	0.13	0.006	70.0	16.7	0.195	0.00	0.967	86.7	27.2	0.149	−0.02	0.710
Middle	315	69.2	74.3	13.2				75.9	17.0				92.6	17.3
High	115	25.3	77.2	9.5				73.9	19.6				89.9	18.3
Self-rated academic achievements (reported on a Likert-scale of 1–3)
Low	100	22	74.4	9.3	0.403	0.03	0.491	70.0	18.0	0.004	0.14	0.002	86.7	22.2	0.009	0.12	0.012
Middle	310	68.1	76.2	12.9				76.3	16.6				93.0	16.0
High	45	9.9	75.0	14.6				77.8	22.5				92.6	21.2
Self-rated knowledge about COVID-19 (reported on a Likert-scale of 1–3)
Low	30	6.6	70.8	14.1	0.002	−0.04	0.452	75.0	8.5	0.023	−0.10	0.033	77.8	25.3	0.000	0.05	0.246
Middle	350	76.9	76.8	12.0				76.2	18.4				93.3	16.5
High	75	16.5	72.5	12.3				70.0	16.4				88.9	20.0
Have been infected with COVID-19
No	415	91.2	75.5	12.8	0.192	0.06	0.192	76.1	17.8	< 0.001	−0.18	< 0.001	91.2	18.7	0.122	0.07	0.122
Yes	40	8.8	78.1	5.5	0.192	0.06	0.192	64.6	13.2	< 0.001	−0.18	< 0.001	95.8	11.2	0.122	0.07	0.122

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