Table 2. The relationship between knowledge and demographic characteristics (n = 167)

Characteristic Nurses’ knowledge p value PR 95% CI
Good n (%) Poor n (%)
Gender
 Female 44 (37.0) 75 (63.0) 0.657 1.11 (0.70 – 1.76)
 Male 16 (33.3) 32 (66.7) 1
Age group
 22 – 25 years 9 (50.0) 9 (50.0) 1
 26 – 35 years 37 (32.7) 76 (67.3) 0.120 0.65 (0.38 – 1.12)
 36 – 45 years 14 (38.9) 22 (61.1) 0.426 0.78 (0.42 – 1.44)
Marital status
 Single 32 (44.4) 40 (55.6) 1
 Married 27 (28.7) 67 (71.3) 0.122 0.65 (0.37 – 1.11)
 Divorced 1 (100) 0 (0) 0.731 2.25 (0.06 – 13.47)
Level of education
 Intermediate 27 (29.0) 66 (71.0) 1
 College 4 (18.2) 18 (81.8) 0.331 0.63 (0.24 – 1.61)
 University and Postgraduate 29 (55.8) 23 (44.2) 0.001* 1.92 (1.29 – 2.87)*
Years of nursing experience
 5 years and less 23 (39.7) 35 (60.3) 1
 6 – 10 years 18 (28.6) 45 (71.4) 0.203 0.72 (0.43 – 1.19)
 More than 10 years 19 (41.3) 27 (58.7) 0.865 1.04 (0.65 – 1.67)
Years of working in the cardiology department
 5 years and less 28 (33.3) 56 (66.7) 1
 6 – 10 years 13 (31.7) 28 (68.3) 0.857 0.95 (0.55 – 1.63)
 More than 10 years 19 (45.2) 23 (54.8) 0.184 1.36 (0.86 – 2.13)
Faculty employment
 Internal Cardiology 19 (27.1) 51 (72.9) 1
 Interventional Cardiology - Intravascular 36 (50.7) 35 (49.3) 0.006* 1.87 (1.19 – 2.93)*
Intervention
 ICU/CCU 5 (19.2) 21 (80.8) 0.442 0.71 (0.29 – 1.71)
Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05
Abbreviations: ICU/CCU: Intensive care unit/ Coronary care unit; PR: prevalence ratio; CI: confidence interval
Cut-off point ≥80%: good total knowledge
Cut-off point <80%: poor total knowledge