Assessing Alzheimer's disease knowledge among Egyptian medical students in the context of recent educational reforms

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the studied medical students (n = 1100)

Variables	Categories	N	%
Gender	Male	610	55.5
Gender	Female	490	44.5
University	Public	959	87.2
University	Private	141	12.8
Academic year	Clinical years	656	59.6
Academic year	Pre-clinical years	444	40.4
Residence	Urban	739	67.2
Residence	Rural	361	32.8
Region	Cairo and Alexandria	385	35.0
	Upper Egypt	339	30.8
	Delta Region	276	25.1
	Canal Region	100	9.1
Marital status	Not married	1084	98. 5
Marital status	Married	16	1.5
Family monthly income	Not Enough	146	13.2
	Barely sufficient	602	54.8
	More than enough	352	32.0
Older family members (65 years or older)		675	61.3
Family history of Alzheimer’s		172	15.6
Awareness and participation in Alzheimer’s campaigns		202	18.4
Member of university health clubs, societies, and membership		262	23.8

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