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Table 1 Demographic data of elderly subjects

From: Impact of interprofessional service-learning on the effectiveness of knowledge transfer of antimicrobial resistance to Hong Kong elders: a quasi-experiment

 

Intervention (n = 61)

Control (n = 32)

p value

Mean (SD)

N (%)

Mean (SD)

N (%)

Age

75.8 (6.51)

 

76.5 (6.31)

 

0.594

Sex

0.200

 Male

 

12 (19.7)

 

3 (9.04)

 

Education level

0.997

 Never received education

 

20 (32.8)

 

10 (31.3)

 

 Primary education

 

25 (41.0)

 

13 (40.6)

 

 Secondary education

 

14 (23.0)

 

8 (25.0)

 

 Tertiary education

 

2 (3.28)

 

1 (3.13)

 

Use of chronic medications

0.915

 Yes

 

49 (80.3)

 

26 (0.813)

 

Living condition

0.033*

 Alone

 

13 (21.3)

 

15 (46.9)

 

 Accompanied by family member/maid

 

47 (77.0)

 

17 (53.1)

 

 Elderly homes

 

1 (1.64)

 

0 (0)

 

Caregiver

0.035*

 Self

 

41 (67.2)

 

30 (93.8)

 

 Spouse

 

13 (21.3)

 

1 (3.13)

 

 Children

 

4 (6.99)

 

1 (3.13)

 

 Maid

 

2 (3.64)

 

0 (0)

 

Baseline knowledge

 

 Pretest score on antibiotics knowledge

61.6%

3.08 (1.55)

 

53.2%

2.66 (1.73)

 

0.249

 Pretest score on AMR knowledge

20.8%

1.25 (1.48)

 

16.2%

0.97 (1.45)

 

0.387

 Pretest total score

40.1%

4.41 (2.57)

 

33.0%

3.63 (2.67)

 

0.178

  1. *p value < 0.05