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Table 4 Attitude scores in health professionals

From: Child abuse and neglect in the Jaffna district of Sri Lanka – a study on knowledge attitude practices and behavior of health care professionals

 

Medical officers (N = 156)

Nursing officers (N = 59)

Social workers (N = 31)

Total

Statistical analysis

Mean attitude score

20.16 ± 3.3

20.2 ± 4.0

23.84 ± 5

 

F (2,243) = 12.55

p = 0.000a

Issues need changing (10–18)

51(32.7%)

17(28.8%)

8(25.8%)

76(30.9%)

X2(4,N = 246) = 30.3

p = 0.001b

More positive attitudes (19–27)

101(64.7%)

41(69.5%)

15(48.4%)

157(63%)

Good feeling overall (28–36)

4(2.6%)

1(1.7%)

8(25.8%)

13(5.3%)

  1. aAnalysis of variance for significance of difference among means
  2. bChi-square test for significance of difference among proportions
  3. Crohnbach alpha 0.74