Research Article
Awareness of Foodborne Pathogens among Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Table 2
Association of students’ knowledge of foodborne pathogens with their sociodemographic characteristics (
).
| | Factors | Knowledge of foodborne pathogens+ (34.58) | Students recognized at least one of the following foodborne pathogens | E. coli
(22.05) | Campylobacter
(10.77) | Staphylococcus
(15.03) | Listeria
(09.77) | Salmonella
(60.15) |
| | Age | | | | | | | | Above 30 | 27 (19.57) | 20 (22.73) | 12 (27.91) | 11 (18.33) | 05 (12.82) | 63 (26.25) | | 30-26 | 33 (23.91) | 32 (36.36) | 13 (30.23) | 23 (38.33) | 10 (25.64) | 64 (26.27) | | 25-20 | 36 (26.09) | 15 (17.05) | 05 (11.63) | 10 (16.67) | 10 (25.64) | 57 (23.75) | | Less than 20 | 42 (30.43) | 21 (23.86) | 13 (30.23) | 16 (26.67) | 14 (35.90) | 56 (23.33) | | Pearson chi (value) | 0.327 | 0.069 | 0.266 | 0.093 | 0.308 | 0.230 |
| | Sex | | | | | | | | Male | 70 (50.72) | 44 (50.0) | 19 (44.19) | 34 (56.27) | 15 (38.46) | 97 (40.42) | | Female | 68 (49.28) | 44 (50.0) | 24 (55.81) | 26 (43.33) | 24 (61.54) | 143 (59.58) | | Pearson chi (value) | 0.087 | 0.272 | 0.925 | 0.046 | 0.397 | 0.020 |
| | Educational level | | | | | | | | Master | 03 (2.17) | 07 (8.51) | 03 (06.98) | 03 (05.00) | 03 (07.69) | 09 (03.75) | | Bachelor | 91 (65.94) | 73 (8.51) | 32 (74.42) | 54 (90.00) | 28 (71.79) | 209 (87.08) | | Preparatory year | 44 (31.88) | 08 (8.51) | 08 (18.60) | 03 (05.00) | 08 (20.51) | 22 (09.17) | | Pearson chi (value) | ≤0.001 | 0.002 | 0.339 | 0.015 | 0.221 | ≤0.001 |
| | Field of study | | | | | | | | Health sciences | 52 (37.68) | 69 (8.51) | 30 (69.77) | 51 (85.00) | 27 (69.23) | 168 (70.00) | | Computer sciences | 17 (12.32) | 04 (8.51) | 00 (00.00) | 04 (06.67) | 03 (07.69) | 22 (9.17) | | Administration and business | 24 (17.39) | 09 (8.51) | 07 (16.28) | 05 (8.33) | 05 (12.82) | 24 (10.10) | | Languages and theoretical studies | 28 (20.29) | 03 (8.51) | 04 (09.20) | 00 (0.00) | 04 (10.26) | 22 (9.17) | | Others | 17 (12.32) | 03 (8.51) | 02 (04.65) | 00 (0.00) | 00 (0.00) | 04 (1.67) | | Pearson chi (value) | ≤0.001 | ≤0.001 | 0.146 | ≤0.001 | 0.439 | ≤0.001 |
| | Place of residence (city) | | | | | | | | Riyadh | 41 (29.71) | 21 (8.51) | 10 (23.26) | 09 (15.00) | 09 (23.08) | 69 (28.75) | | Abha | 52 (37.68) | 21 (8.51) | 11 (25.58) | 21 (35.00) | 07 (17.95) | 58 (24.17) | | Dammam | 21 (15.22) | 33 (8.51) | 17 (39.53) | 21 (35.00) | 16 (41.03) | 73 (30.42) | | Jeddah | 24 (17.39) | 13 (8.51) | 05 (11.63) | 09 (15.00) | 07 (17.95) | 40 (16.67) | | Pearson chi (value) | 0.008 | 0.013 | 0.100 | 0.029 | 0.058 | 0.002 |
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+Students able to recognize all major foodborne pathogens listed in this study. Statistically significant ( ). |
