Table 4

- Levels of public awareness regarding cervical spine trauma, stratified by survey participant demographic characteristics

Awareness level
VariablesPoorGoodP-value
Age, years
<20663(72.9)127(16.1)0.001*
21-311593(76.3)495(23.7)
31-40576(73.6)207(26.4)
41-50340(41.1)488(58.9)
50+177(41.6)248(58.4)
Gender
Male1624(59.7)1241(43.3)0.001*
Female1725(84.2)324(15.8)
Educational level
Secondary or below860(68.7)391(31.3)0.002*
University student1273(79.4)330(20.6)
University/above1216(59.0)844(41.0)
Monthly income, Saudi Riyals
<50001970(79.9)496(20.1)0.001*
5000-10000747(64.7)408(35.3)
>10000632(48.9)661(51.1)
Marital status
Single1918(77.2)565(22.8)0.058*
Married1339(58.3)941(41.3)
Divorced/widowed92(60.9)59(39.1)
Trained as first responder
Yes27(2.9)914(97.1)0.001
No3322(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.