“…However, there was no association between the level of knowledge and other demographic characteristics such as age, marital status, educational level, occupation, and monthly income. In a number of earlier studies, there was a considerable difference between sexes, with women achieving significantly higher average scores than men [ 17 , 24 ], which is consistent with our results. A previous study showed that a higher level of education has a strong association with better knowledge about IBD [ 18 ], in contrast with our results, which showed no significant differences between the participants’ educational levels.…”