Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of students
Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
 Male | 2731 (39.9) |
 Female | 4107 (60.1) |
Field of study | |
 Medical students | 2732 (40) |
 Nursing students | 2338 (34.2) |
 Midwifery students | 637 (9.3) |
 Dentistry students | 425 (6.2) |
 Physiotherapy students | 111 (1.6) |
 Pharmacy students | 490 (7.2) |
 Occupational and speech therapist students | 105 (1.5) |
Grade | |
 Bachelor degree | 2807 (53.7) |
 Master degree | 357 (5.2) |
 MD and DDS | 3674 (53.7) |
Marital status | |
 Single | 6003 (87.8) |
 Married | 835 (12.2) |
Age (year) | 22.7 ± 3.6 |
Duration of education (year) | 5.6 ± 2.3 |
Domicile | |
 Under 10,000 inhabitants | 423 (6.2) |
 10–50,000 inhabitants | 1219 (17.8) |
 51–100,000 inhabitants | 921 (13.5) |
 101–500,000 inhabitants | 1271 (18.6) |
 Over 500,000 inhabitants | 3..4 (43.9) |
Have you ever met a person suffering from RD? | |
 Yes | 3105 (45.4) |
 No | 2154 (31.5) |
 I do not know | 1579 (23.1) |