Skip to main content

Table 2 The association of studied KAP scores before the intervention between age, educational and socioeconomic groups

From: The effect of nutrition education for cancer prevention based on health belief model on nutrition knowledge, attitude, and practice of Iranian women

 

Knowledge

Attitude

Practice

Age1

OR (CI)

OR (CI)

OR (CI)

 20–41

Reference

Reference

Reference

 42–50

0.56 (0.27–1.16)

1.42 (0.69–2.92)

1.07 (0.52–2.18)

 51–69

0.86 (0.41–1.81)

1.46 (0.70–3.05)

1.84 (0.87–3.90)

†P for trend

0.48

0.33

0.13

Educational status2

   

 Primary

Reference

Reference

Reference

 Diploma

3.98 (1.21–13.10)

1.50 (0.52–4.30)

2.49 (0.85–7.29)

 University

5.49 (1.47–20.39)

1.14 (0.33–3.35)

3.67 (1.09–12.37)

†P for trend

0.01

0.79

0.04

Socioeconomic status2

   

 Low

Reference

Reference

Reference

 Medium

1.84 (0.87–3.90)

1.33 (0.63–2.81)

1.22 (0.58–2.56)

 High

1.07 (0.51–2.21)

0.80 (0.39–1.66)

1.11 (0.53–2.31)

†P for trend

0.76

0.52

0.73

  1. Significant P value (< 0.05) was bolded
  2. 1 adjusted for Socioeconomic status
  3. 2 adjusted for age
  4. †Obtained from logistic regression. OR has been computed by considering subjects over medium scores as one and lower medium scores as zero