Table 4

Association between knowledge score and sociodemographic profile

Knowledge
n (%)
Sociodemographic profilePoorGoodp Value
Gender
 Male31 (25.6)90 (74.4)
 Female108 (31.6)234 (68.4)0.25
Ethnicity
 Malay45 (24.6)138 (75.4)
 Chinese42 (30.7)95 (69.3)0.14
 Indian46 (36.8)79 (63.2)
 Others5 (33.3)10 (66.7)
Age (years) ±SD33.3±4.633.8±4.70.07
Years of practice (years) ±SD4.6±4.15.2±4.30.09
Working sectors
 Government clinic71 (30.1)165 (69.9)
 General practitioners43 (33.9)84 (66.1)0.31
 Hospital25 (24.5)77 (75.5)
Number of patients per day
 <209 (33.3)18 (66.7)
 21–4046 (26.6)127 (73.4)0.18
 41–6043 (27.6)113 (72.4)
 61–8022 (31.4)48 (68.6)
 81–10017 (48.6)18 (51.4)
 >1002 (40)3 (60)
Awareness of Malaysian CPG
 Yes130 (28.6)324 (71.4)
 No9 (81.8)2 (18.2)<0.001
Use of guideline
 Yes122 (27.4)323 (72.6)<0.001
 No17 (81.0)4 (19.0)
  • CPG, Clinical Practice Guideline.