Assessment of Hand-Washing Knowledge and Practice among Nursing Undergraduates in Saudi Arabia

Table 4

Variance analysis of hand hygiene knowledge and practice scores across demographics.

Characteristics	Knowledge score mean ± SD (Median (IQR))	value	Practice score mean ± SD (Median (IQR))	value
Gender
Male	9.63 ± 1.48	0.004	4.62 ± 1.46	0.037
	10 (2.0)		5 (2.0)
Female	10.09 ± 1.27		5.00 ± 1.25
	10 (1.0)		5 (1.50)
Age group		0.898		0.135
19-20 years	9.78 ± 1.40		4.64 ± 1.41
	10 (2.0)		5 (2.0)
21–25 years	9.77 ± 1.45		4.75 ± 1.43
	10 (2.0)		5 (2.0)
>26 years	9.94 ± 1.30		5.38 ± 0.84
	10 (1.25)		6 (1.0)
Year of study
First year	10.12 ± 1.18		4.78 ± 1.45	0.537
	10 (1.0)		5 (2.0)
Second year	9.57 ± 1.58	0.130	4.64 ± 1.47
	10 (2.0)		5 (2.0)
Third year	9.81 ± 1.32		4.86 ± 1.27
	10 (2.0)		5 (2.0)

 = Mann–Whitney U test Kruskal–Wallis test.