An Assessment of Pediatric Nurses Awareness and Perceived Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Gulf State Survey

Table 3

Comparison of knowledge about ASD between nurses with different levels of education.

Level of education	Mean knowledge score (out of 30)	SD
Diploma	18.1	5.6
Bachelor’s degree	20.2	5.6
Master’s degree	21.5	5.7
ANOVA results	F (2, 270) = 5.038,  = 0.007

Statistically significant at  < 0.05.