|
Characteristics
|
Median a [Q1-Q3]
|
P valueb
|
|---|
|
Age (years)
|
|
Less than 40
|
6.0 [5.0–7.0]
|
0.582c
|
|
40 or more
|
6.5 [5.0–7.8]
|
|
Gender
|
|
Male
|
6.0 [5.0–7.0]
|
0.172c
|
|
Female
|
7.0 [5.0–8.0]
|
|
Country of education
|
|
Palestine
|
7.0 [5.0–8.3]
|
0.111c
|
|
Abroad
|
6.0 [5.0–7.0]
|
|
Type of work
|
|
Governmental
|
6.0 [5.0–7.0]
|
< 0.001
d
|
|
Private sector
|
8.0 [6.5–9.0]
|
|
Both
|
5.5 [4.3–6.0]
|
|
Professional level
|
|
General practitioner
|
6.0 [5.0–7.0]
|
0.694d
|
|
Resident
|
6.0 [5.0–7.0]
|
|
Specialist
|
7.0 [5.0–8.0]
|
|
Clinical specialty
|
|
General practitioner
|
6.0 [5.0–7.0]
|
0.137d
|
|
Internal medicine
|
7.0 [5.5–8.5]
|
|
Surgeon
|
6.0 [5.0–7.0]
|
|
Paediatrician
|
5.0 [4.8–6.3]
|
|
Other*
|
6.0 [4.0–7.0]
|
|
Experience
|
|
Less than 10 years
|
6.0 [5.0–7.0]
|
0.461c
|
|
10 years or more
|
7.0 [5.0–8.0]
|
- *Other includes medical oncology, family medicine, gynaecology, nephrology, emergency medicine and intensive care medicine
- aKnowledge Score was a range of 0–14; high score reflects more knowledge about cancer pain management)
- bThe p-value is bold where it is less than the significance level cut-off of 0.05
- cStatistical significance of differences calculated using the Mann–Whitney U test
- dStatistical significance of differences calculated using the Kruskal–Wallis test
