Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice among Dental Sciences and Internship Students in Ajman University, United Arab Emirates: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Comparison of knowledge, attitude, and behavior according to gender, age, year of study, and self-rated knowledge.

		No.	Knowledge		Attitude		Behavior
			Inadequate	Adequate	Negative	Positive	Negative	Positive
Gender	Male	292	84 (28.8%)	208 (71.2%)	186 (63.7%)	106 (36.3%)	22 (7.5%)	270 (92.5%)
	Female	477	108 (22.6%)	369 (77.4%)	271 (56.8%)	206 (43.2%)	20 (4.2%)	457 (95.8%)
	χ^2 test		χ^2 value = 3.63, (NS)		χ^2 value = 3.56, (NS)		χ^2 value = 3.92,
Age	<25 years	667	180 (27.0%)	487 (73.0%)	413 (61.9%)	254 (38.1%)	42 (6.3%)	625 (93.7%)
	>25 years	102	12 (11.8%)	90 (88.2%)	44 (43.1%)	58 (56.9%)	0 (0.0%)	102 (100.0%)
	χ^2 test		χ^2 value = 10.94,		χ^2 value = 12.94,		χ^2 value = 6.79,
Status	Undergraduate	668	192 (28.7%)	476 (71.3%)	405 (60.6%)	263 (39.4%)	42 (6.3%)	626 (93.7%)
	Postgraduate	101	0 (0.0%)	101 (100.0%)	52 (51.5%)	49 (48.5%)	0 (0.0%)	101 (100.0%)
	χ^2 test		χ^2 value = 38.69,		χ^2 value = 3.04, (NS)		χ^2 value = 6.72,
Year of study	Preclinical students	275	83 (30.2%)	192 (69.8%)	144 (52.4%)	131 (47.6%)	17 (6.2%)	258 (93.8%)
	Clinical students	381	109 (28.6%)	272 (71.4%)	265 (69.6%)	116 (30.4%)	25 (6.6%)	356 (93.4%)
	Interns	113	0 (0.0%)	113 (100.0%)	48 (42.5%)	65 (57.5%)	0 (0.0%)	113 (100.0%)
	χ^2 test		χ^2 value = 44.29,		χ^2 value = 35.36,		χ^2 value = 7.70,
Self-rated knowledge level on COVID-19 disease?	Very poor/poor/average	229	80 (34.9%)	149 (65.1%)	144 (62.9%)	85 (37.1%)	6 (2.6%)	223 (97.4%)
	Good/very good	540	112 (20.7%)	428 (79.3%)	313 (58.0%)	227 (42.0%)	36 (6.7%)	504 (93.3%)
	χ^2 test		χ^2 value = 17.29,		χ^2 value = 1.61, (NS)		χ^2 value = 5.10,

Statistically significant. NS, nonsignificant.