Research Article
Knowledge of Childhood Autism and Challenges of Management among Medical Doctors in Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria
Table 4
Relationship between participants and KCAHW scores.
| | Variable |
Number of participants
(%) | KCAHW scores | value | | ≥15 () | <15 () |
| | Age (years) | | | | | | ≥35 | 93 (55.7) | 46 (54.1) | 47 (57.3) | 0.800 | | <35 | 74 (44.3) | 39 (45.9) | 35 (42.7) | | Sex | | | | | | Male | 119 (71.3) | 54 (63.5) | 65 (79.3) | 0.040 | | Female | 48 (28.7) | 31 (39.5) | 17 (20.7) | | Years of practice | | | | | | ≥8 | 91 (54.5) | 49 (57.7) | 42 (51.2) | 0.500 | | <8 | 76 (45.5) | 36 (42.3) | 40 (48.8) | | Seen a case | | | | | | Yes | 58 (34.7) | 37 (43.5) | 21 (25.6) | 0.023 | | No | 109 (65.3) | 48 (56.5) | 61 (74.4) | | Specialization | | | | | | Yes | 91 (54.5) | 59 (69.4) | 32 (39) | 0.000 | | No | 76 (45.5) | 26 (30.6) | 50 (61) | | Place of practice | | | | | | Tertiary facility | 91 (54.5) | 63 (74.1) | 28 (34.1) | 0.000 | | Others | 76 (45.5) | 22 (25.9) | 54 (65.9) | | Subspeciality | (%) | ≥15 () | <15 () | | | Medical | 59 (64.8) | 44 (83) | 15 (39.5) | 0.000 | | Surgical | 32 (35.2) | 9 (17) | 23 (60.5) |
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