Evaluation of radiation protection knowledge and practices among Moroccan operating room nurses

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Table 3

Knowledge scores results and statistical analysis related socio-demographic data.

Characteristics		IRKS			RPKS			GKS

		M ± SD	t/F	p	M ± SD	t/F	p	M ± SD	t/F	p
Gender	Female	4.77 ± 0.95	–2.877	0.006	4.54 ± 1.15	–1.500	0.139	4.65 ± 0.96	–2.323	0.024
	Mal	5.27 ±1.05	–2.877	0.006	4.85 ±1.18	–1.500	0.139	5.06 ± 1.02	–2.323	0.024
Age group	20–29 years	4.37 ± 0.75	66.40	0.000	3.98 ± 0.85	57.42	0.000	4.17 ± 0.62	88.809	0.000
	30–39 years	5.38 ± 0.64			4.81 ± 0.82			5.10 ± 0.61
	40–49 years	5.85 ± 0.87			5.56 ± 0.89			5.71 ± 0.76
	≥50 years	6.33 ± 0.69			6.17 ± 0.99			6.25 ± 0.77
Education level	Diploma	5.60 ± 0.74	62.108	0.000	5.18 ± 0.95	64.223	0.000	5.39 ± 0.73	92.172	0.000
	Bachelor	4.36 ± 0.70			3.92 ± 0.74			4.14 ± 0.55
	Master	6.16 ± 1.10			6.16 ± 0.67			6.16 ± 0.77
	Doctorat	7.25 ± 0.45			7.25 ± 0.86			7.25 ± 0.58
Work experience in years	<1	4.00 ± 0.41	60.875	0.000	3.75 ± 0.68	61.889	0.000	3.88 ± 0.40	93.660	0.000
	1–5	4.73 ± 0.66			4.00 ± 0.76			4.37 ± 0.55
	6–10	5.06 ± 0.87			4.78 ± 0.82			4.92 ± 0.63
	11–15	5.66 ± 0.85			5.32 ± 0.73			5.49 ± 0.67
	>15	6.31± 0.67			6.12 ± 0.93			6.21 ± 0.71
Work sector	Public hospital	5.41 ± 1.00	–4.321	0.000	4.87 ± 1.22	–1.247	0.214	5.14 ± 1.03	–2.968	0.003
Work sector	Private clinic	4.78 ± 1.02	–4.321	0.000	4.66 ± 1.09	–1.247	0.214	4.72 ± 0.94	–2.968	0.003
Surgical speciality	Cardiac Surgery	5.19 ± 1.15	0.069	0.991	5.44 ± 1.17	5.085	0.001	5.31 ± 1.05	1.675	0.157
	Vascular Surgery	5.25 ± 1.07			4.58 ± 1.24			4.92 ± 1.10
	Orthopedic Surgery	5.15 ± 0.92			4.56 ± 0.95			4.85 ± 0.85
	Urology	5.16 ± 1.08			4.65 ± 1.07			4.90 ± 0.99
	Neurosurgery	5.14 ± 1.06			4.61 ± 1.24			4.88 ± 1.08
Formal training in radiation protection	No	5.04 ± 0.97	24.272	0.000	4.60 ± 1.02	40.232	0.000	4.82 ± 0.88	40.636	0.000
	Initial training	6.33 ± 0.49			6.67 ± 0.49			6.50 ± 0.43
	Continuing training	6.79 ± 0.68			6.93 ± 0.71			6.86 ± 0.62

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