Table 1. The effect of sociodemographic characteristics and health-related features on fatigue severity (N = 42) – Bursa, Turkey, 2018.
| Variable | Mean ± SS | Significance | Variable | Mean ± SS | Significance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ¥¥¥r = 0,367* | Regular exercise status | Yes | 21,70 ± 13,35 | t = –1,177 | ||
| p = 0,017 | No | 26,88 ± 14,37 | p = 0,246 | ||||
| Sex | Female | 28,80 ± 13,62 | ¥¥t = 1,815 | Blood pressure (systolic) | r = 0,033 | ||
| Male | 21,13 ± 13,70 | P = 0,077 | p = 0,834 | ||||
| The place where the patient’s spent most of the life | City Center | 27,04 ± 14,25 | ¥F = 0,793 | Blood pressure (diastolic) | t = 0, 013 | ||
| County | 21,25 ± 12,33 | p = 0,460 | p = 0,933 | ||||
| Village | 22,00 ± 17,44 | ||||||
| Marital status | Married | 28,59 ± 11,95 | ¥¥t = 2,504 | Blood pressure | hypotensive | 29,27 ± 11,99 | F = 1,304 |
| Single | 17,93 ± 15,29 | p = 0,016 | normal | 25,38 ± 15,13 | p = 0,283 | ||
| hypertensive | 20,15 ± 13,67 | ||||||
| Educational status | Illiterate | 33,33 ± 7,81 | ¥F = 1,747 | Degree of obesity | Weak | 20,50 ± 28,99 | F = 3,461 |
| Literate | 16,00 ± 22,62 | p = 0,149 | Normal | 17,93 ± 13,49 | p = 0,026 * | ||
| Primary School | 30,23 ± 11,76 | Overweight | 26,17 ± 13,17 | ||||
| Secondary School | 21,75 ± 16,14 | Obese | 35,75 ± 5,14 | ||||
| High School | 19,66 ± 15,25 | ||||||
| University | 16,25 ± 10,71 | ||||||
| Profession | Retired | 25,05 ± 14,27 | ¥F = 1,447 | Body Mass Index | r = 0,445 | ||
| Worker | 23,00 ± 14,00 | P = 0,244 | p = 0,003* | ||||
| Housewife | 29,42 ± 11,50 | ||||||
| Other | 16,75 ± 16,42 | ||||||
| Working status | No | 25,57 ± 14,28 | ¥¥t = 1,132 | Presence of obesity | Yes | 22,20 ± 14,26 | t = –2,624 |
| Yes | 17,25 ± 9,74 | p = 0,264 | No | 35,75 ± 5,14 | p = 0,012 * | ||
| Economic Condition of the family | Income < Expenses | 28,44 ± 14,00 | ¥F = 1,445 | The presence of an individual with chronic kidney failure in the family | Yes | 29,25 ± 14,17 | t = 0,664 |
| Income=Expenses | 24,67 ± 14,08 | p = 0,248 | No | 24,31 ± 14,13 | p = 0,511 | ||
| Income > Expenses | 10,00 ± 2,828 | ||||||
| Smoking Status | Smoker | 31,66 ± 2,30 | F = 0,392 | History of any an surgical operation | No | 23,86 ± 13,85 | t = –0,442 |
| Quit | 24,90 ± 13,71 | p = 0,678 | Yes | 25,80 ± 14,54 | p = 0,661 | ||
| Non-Smoker | 24,00 ± 14,95 | ||||||
| Alcohol use | Drinker | 29,00 ± 0,00 | F = 0,052 | Another chronic disease | No | 30,00 ± 15,57 | t = 0,566 |
| Quit | 25,66 ± 11,01 | p = 0,950 | Yes | 25,00 ± 14,69 | p = 0,582 | ||
| Non-Drinker | 24,60 ± 14,54 |
* p < 0.05 F = One-way Anova test, t = t test, r = Pearson correlation test.