Table 1.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics by group and subgroups of chronic diseases
| |
|
Total group of chronic diseases |
Subgroups of chronic diseases |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n=774) | Metabolic (n=365) | Neurologic (n=199) | Cancer (n=210) | ||
|
n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Male |
228 (29.50) |
91 (24.90) |
68 (34.20) |
69 (32.90) |
| |
Female |
546 (70.5) |
274 (75.10) |
131 (65.80) |
141 (67.10) |
| Education level |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
≥9 Years |
465 (60.10) |
187 (51.20) |
161 (80.90) |
117 (55.70) |
| |
<9 Year |
309 (39.90) |
178 (48.80) |
38 (19.10) |
93 (44.30) |
|
Mean (SD) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Age (years) |
|
42.98 (11.55) |
42.93 (0.64) |
36.52 (0.61) |
48.80 (0.71) |
| Time since diagnosis (years) |
|
12.82 (9.73) |
14.19 (0.56) |
14.44 (0.74) |
9.01 (0.49) |
| Severity of disease perception | 6.56 (2.81) | 7.29 (0.15) | 5.50 (0.18) | 6.34 (0.21) | |