Level and Determinants of Knowledge of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis among Railway Workers in Malaysia

Table 3

Association between knowledge of knee osteoarthritis and socio-demographic variables among respondents (𝑛=513).

Characteristic	Mean (SD)	𝑃 value
Gender
Male	18.8 (10.5)
Female	15.0 (11.4)	<0.001
Age group (years)
20–34	13.3 (10.9)
35–49	18.2 (10.9)
≥50	21.7 (9.1)	<0.001
Education level
Primary	13.4 (8.3)
Secondary	16.8 (11.5)
Tertiary	20.8 (8.8)	<0.001
Occupation
Blue-collar	19.8 (10.3)
White-collar	16.2 (11.1)	<0.001
Awareness of knee osteoarthritis as a disease entity
Yes	24.5 (6.2)
No	7.9 (8.5)	<0.001
Immediate family members with knee osteoarthritis
Yes	25.5 (5.7)
No	12.8 (10.5)	<0.001
Diagnosed clinically to have knee osteoarthritis
Yes	25.7 (5.6)
No	15.9 (11.0)	<0.001