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. 2023 Jul 31;15(7):e42778. doi: 10.7759/cureus.42778

Table 3. Relationship between sleep quality and participants' demographics and chronic diseases presence (N=651) .

Variable Sleep quality χ2 p-value
Good N (%) Poor N (%)
Age in years, median (IQR) 34.6 (24) 25 (21) 3.36 0.001
Gender
Female 238 (68.8) 235 (77) 5.57 0.018
Male 108 (31.2) 70 (23)    
Nationality
Non-Saudi 13 (3.8) 12 (3.9) 0.01 0.907
Saudi 333 (96.2) 293 (96.1)    
Education
Primary school 1 (0.3) 1 (0.3) 6.51 0.259
Middle school 0 (0.0) 3 (1)    
Secondary school 54 (15.6) 61 (20)    
Bachelors 258 (74.6) 218 (71.5)    
Above Bachelors 32 (9.2) 21 (6.9)    
Master 1 (0.3) 1 (0.3)    
Employment
Government employee 118 (34.1) 79 (25.9) 15.95 0.007
None 46 (13.3) 37 (12.1)    
Private sector employee 31 (9) 22 (7.2)    
Retired 32 (9.2) 18 (5.9)    
Self-employed 7 (2) 5 (1.6)    
Student 112 (32.4) 144 (47.2)    
Monthly income
<5000 SR 141 (40.8) 153 (50.2) 7.08 0.069
5000-10000 SR 66 (19.1) 56 (18.4)    
10000-20000 SR 115 (33.2) 76 (24.9)    
>20000 SR 24 (6.9) 20 (6.6)    
Chronic diseases
No 286 (82.7) 245 (80.3) 0.58 0.444
Yes 60 (17.3) 60 (19.7)