Awareness and Knowledge about Occupational Therapy in Jordan

Table 1

Mean scores and SD of subgroups and values.

	Significance ( value)	Number & (percentage)	Code	Age; and SD	Score; and SD
Gender	0.16
Males		474 (57.2%)	M	33.2 ± 12.3	52.3 ± 10.4
Females		355 (42.8%)	F	30.4 ± 10.4	54.2 ± 10.4
Age groups	0.004
18–24		284 (34.4%)	A	21.6 ± 2	51.5 ± 9.9
25–34		266 (32.1%)	B	28.9 ± 3.1	54.4 ± 10.6
35–44		145 (17.5%)	C	38.7 ± 2.9	53.1 ± 10.4
45–54		94 (11.3%)	D	49.4 ± 3.5	51.9 ± 10.2
55+		40 (4.8%)	E	61.9 ± 6.1	58.1 ± 11.9
Educational level	0.021
School (primary & elementary)		56 (6.8%)	Sch	36.6 ± 15.5	50.1 ± 10.2
High school		160 (19.3%)	HS	33.9 ± 13.2	49.6 ± 9.9
Associate degrees		119 (14.4%)	Asso	37.9 ± 11.6	52.4 ± 10.4
Bachelor degrees		459 (55.4%)	Bch	28.8 ± 9.3	54.6 ± 10.2
Master and doctoral degrees		35 (4.2%)	MA+	37.7 ± 9.3	56 ± 11.3
Status	0.007
Clients		146 (17.6%)	Client	37.3 ± 13.9	55.5 ± 8.2
Lay people		461 (55.6%)	Lay	31.5 ± 11.4	49.8 ± 9.9
Healthcare background		222 (26.8%)	HP	29.7 ± 9	58.4 ± 10.3
Physicians		43 (19.4%)
Nurses		46 (20.7%)
Rehabilitation specialists		38 (17.1%)
Dentists		17 (7.7%)
Pharmacists & pharmacologists		23 (10.4%)
Paraprofessionals		55 (24.8%)
Area	0.544
Northern		221 (26.7%)	North	31.9 ± 10.9	52 ± 10
Central		436 (52.6%)	Cen	32.5 ± 11.6	54.5 ± 10.6
Southern		93 (11.2%)	South	32.3 ± 13.8	51.1 ± 10.8
Unspecified		79 (9.5%)	Unsp	29.4 ± 10.5	51 ± 10

Note.  = number;  = mean; SD = standard deviation. Age groups in years. Significant on the 0.05 level.