Table 4.
Quartile analyses in the study group (patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus)
| Sense of coherence: study group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartile | Q1 (n = 25) | Q2 (n = 23) | Q3 (n = 28) | Q4 (n = 19) | P-value |
| Mean age (years) | 67 | 68 | 66 | 63 | 0.284* |
| 95% CI | (63–70) | (65–71) | (62–69) | (58–67) | |
| Gender, n (%) | |||||
| Female | 18 (72) | 7 (30) | 20 (71) | 7 (37) | 0.003** |
| Male | 7 (28) | 16 (70) | 8 (29) | 12 (63) | |
| Marital status, n (%) | |||||
| Widowed/divorced/single | 11 (44) | 11 (48) | 6 (21) | 3 (16) | 0.047† |
| Married | 14 (56) | 12 (52) | 22 (79) | 16 (84) | |
| Level of education, n (%) | |||||
| Primary/secondary school | 14 (58) | 21 (91) | 22 (79) | 16 (84) | 0.044‡ |
| Technical college/university | 10 (42) | 2 (9) | 6 (21) | 3 (16) | |
| Employment status, n (%) | |||||
| Not working | 19 (76) | 16 (70) | 22 (79) | 8 (42) | 0.044§ |
| Working | 6 (24) | 7 (30) | 6 (21) | 11 (58) | |
* Mean age was compared between groups using independent-samples t-test, the test statistic being F(3,89) = 1.287.
** The chi-squared test of independence was applied: χ2 = 14.094 (df = 3).
† The chi-squared test of independence was applied: χ2 = 7.935 (df = 3).
‡ The chi-squared test of independence was applied: χ2 = 8.118 (df = 3).
§ The chi-squared test of independence was applied: χ2 = 8.103 (df = 3).