Table 6.
Association between total knowledge and socio-demographic characteristics of study population
| Total Knowledge | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | ||||
| No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Age (years) | |||||
| (18-45) | 80 | 80.8 | 16 | 61.5 | |
| (46-65) | 17 | 17.2 | 8 | 30.8 | |
| (66-75) | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 7.7 | 0.083 |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 42 | 42.4 | 9 | 34.6 | |
| Female | 57 | 57.6 | 17 | 65.4 | 0.471 |
| Education | |||||
| Illiterate | 34 | 34.3 | 18 | 69.2 | |
| Secondary education | 28 | 28.3 | 3 | 11.5 | |
| Read and write | 19 | 19.2 | 3 | 11.5 | |
| Intermediate education | 12 | 12.1 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| High education | 6 | 6.1 | 2 | 7.7 | 0.015* |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married and having children | 81 | 81.8 | 15 | 57.7 | |
| Married and not having children | 12 | 12.1 | 8 | 30.8 | |
| Single | 6 | 6.1 | 3 | 11.5 | 0.032* |
| Job | |||||
| Housewife/ unemployed | 54 | 54.6 | 16 | 61.5 | |
| Employee | 24 | 24.2 | 4 | 15.4 | |
| Farmer | 21 | 21.2 | 6 | 23.1 | 0.627 |
| Residency | |||||
| Rural | 56 | 56.6 | 15 | 57.7 | |
| Urban | 43 | 43.4 | 11 | 42.3 | 0.918 |
| Income | |||||
| Enough | 69 | 69.7 | 18 | 69.2 | |
| More than enough | 6 | 6.1 | 2 | 7.7 | |
| Not enough | 24 | 24.2 | 6 | 23.1 | 0.952 |
| Special habits ( smoking) | |||||
| Non-smoker | 78 | 78.8 | 20 | 76.9 | |
| Current smoker | 21 | 21.2 | 6 | 23.1 | 0.837 |
*
Statistically significant at p<0.05. Data of total 125 participants in the descriptive cross sectional study (people's knowledge about coronary heart disease, their attitude towards prevention and main risk reduction barriers), Ismailia, Egypt, 2010