The final bilingual questionnaire (English and Arabic) was disseminated through social media platforms and personal contacts. Participants’ knowledge and practice regarding SM were evaluated using 7 questions on a 7-point scale. Every question was scored 1 for correct and 0 for incorrect answers. The expected maximum cumulative score was 7. The level of knowledge was categorized as good, moderate, and poor using the original Bloom’s cut-off points (Good, 80–100%; Moderate, 50–79%; and Poor, <50%) [14]. A score of 6–7 points was regarded as good, 4–5 points was regarded as moderate, and ≤3 was regarded as poor. Likewise, the participant’s practice was classified as proper (≥4 points) and improper (≤3 points). Similarly, the attitude was evaluated using six statements on a Likert scale, from strongly agree (5), agree (4), neutral (3), disagree (2), to strongly disagree (1). The minimum possible expected score was 6 and the maximum was 30. The modified Bloom’s cut-off points were used to categorize the attitude levels. A score of 24–30 (80–100%) was considered positive, 18–23 (60–79%) was neutral, and <18 (<60%) was negative.
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