Knowledge and Practice of PHC Physicians toward the Detection and Management of Hypertension and Other CVD Risk Factors in Egypt

Table 4

Percentage mean score of knowledge on hypertension in relation to some physicians’ characteristics.

Characteristics	Knowledge score %
	Mean	SD	statistical difference	Adj. P value
Physician's sex
Male	52.40	13.26	Z=1.61	0.16
Female	42.86	17.00	𝑃=0.11
Physician age
<30	52.22	15.59	KW = 1.13	0.12
30−	51.61	13.56	𝑃=0.57
45−	47.42	8.75
Years of experience
1–5	50.76	15.19	KW = 0.09	0.12
6–10	50.77	17.88	𝑃=0.96
>10	52.35	10.35
Having specialty
Yes	49.36	10.61	𝑍=0.84	0.80
No	51.87	14.87	𝑃=0.40
Availability of guidelines for hypertension patient?
yes	50.45	10.47	𝑍=0.45	0.18
No	51.48	14.78	𝑃=0.65
Availability of patient clinical history recording system	31	50.0
Yes	57.53	12.58	𝑍=3.34	0.001*
No	45.62	12.78	𝑃=0.001 *

𝑍—Mann-Whitney test was applied, and KW—Kruskal Wallis test was applied. SD—standard deviation, *statistical significance.