Table 1.

Sociodemographic and health information of the sample (N=525).

Variable and group		n (%)
Health status
	Poor (score <4)	21 (4.0)
	General (score 5-7)	366 (69.7)
	Good (score >8)	138 (26.3)
Degree of health concern
	Extremely unimportant	1 (0.2)
	Unimportant	13 (2.5)
	Average	215 (40.9)
	Important	240 (45.7)
	Extremely important	56 (10.7)
Major
	Major in medical field	55 (10.5)
	Major in nonmedical field	470 (89.5)
Frequency of discussion about health-related issues
	Never	0 (0.0)
	Seldom	118 (22.5)
	Sometimes	320 (60.9)
	Often	84 (16.0)
	Always	3 (0.6)