- Levels of public awareness regarding cervical spine trauma, stratified by survey participant demographic characteristics
| Awareness level | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Poor | Good | P-value | ||
| Age, years | |||||
| <20 | 663 | (72.9) | 127 | (16.1) | 0.001* |
| 21-31 | 1593 | (76.3) | 495 | (23.7) | |
| 31-40 | 576 | (73.6) | 207 | (26.4) | |
| 41-50 | 340 | (41.1) | 488 | (58.9) | |
| 50+ | 177 | (41.6) | 248 | (58.4) | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 1624 | (59.7) | 1241 | (43.3) | 0.001* |
| Female | 1725 | (84.2) | 324 | (15.8) | |
| Educational level | |||||
| Secondary or below | 860 | (68.7) | 391 | (31.3) | 0.002* |
| University student | 1273 | (79.4) | 330 | (20.6) | |
| University/above | 1216 | (59.0) | 844 | (41.0) | |
| Monthly income, Saudi Riyals | |||||
| <5000 | 1970 | (79.9) | 496 | (20.1) | 0.001* |
| 5000-10000 | 747 | (64.7) | 408 | (35.3) | |
| >10000 | 632 | (48.9) | 661 | (51.1) | |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 1918 | (77.2) | 565 | (22.8) | 0.058* |
| Married | 1339 | (58.3) | 941 | (41.3) | |
| Divorced/widowed | 92 | (60.9) | 59 | (39.1) | |
| Trained as first responder | |||||
| Yes | 27 | (2.9) | 914 | (97.1) | 0.001 |
| No | 3322 | (83.6) | 651 | (16.4) | |
Values are presented as number and percentage (%). Comparisons were performed with the Pearson x2 test. *P-value of <0.05 was considered indicative of a statistically significant difference.