Table 11.
Associations between attitudes and lifestyle practices of study population (n=483)
|
Variable |
Negative attitude and perception |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worried of spreading HBV to family and friends (n=332) | Worried ever since diagnosis (n=260) | |||||
|
Lifestyle practice |
n |
(%) |
p value |
n |
(%) |
p value |
|
Stop or reduced alcohol (n=150)¥ | ||||||
| Yes |
91 |
(91) |
ns |
74 |
(91.4) |
ns |
| No |
9 |
(9) |
|
7 |
(8.6) |
|
|
Stop or reduced smoking (n=100)# | ||||||
| Yes |
55 |
(79.7) |
ns |
43 |
(81.1) |
ns |
| No |
14 |
(20.3) |
|
10 |
(18.9) |
|
|
Sharing eating and drinking utensils(n=480)a | ||||||
| Yes |
165 |
(50) |
ns |
138 |
(53.3) |
ns |
| No |
165 |
(50) |
|
121 |
(46.7) |
|
|
Exercise regularly (n=292)~ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
164 |
(78.5) |
ns |
124 |
(74.7) |
ns |
| No | 45 | (21.5) | 42 | (25.3) | ||
ns, not significant; #Applicable to those who smokes; ¥Applicable to those who consume alcohol; ~Applicable to those who exercise; amissing data n=3.