Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Demographics | Total Group- n = 253 | Outpatient Department- n = 120 | Patients’ Organization- n = 133 | Difference Chi Square-p/t-test-p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (n, %) | Man | 87 (34) | 51 (43) | 36 (27) | 0.010 |
| Woman | 166 (66) | 69 (58) | 97 (73) | ||
| Age (mean, sd) | 36.9 (12.4) (n = 252) range 18–70 | 36.3 (13.3) range 18–70 | 37.3 (11.4) (n = 132) range 18–65 | 0.52 | |
| Disease duration (mean in years, sd) | 28.1 (14.0) | 27.5 (14.0) | 28.7 (14.1) | 0.49 | |
| Education (n, %) | low | 29 (12) | 21 (18) | 8 (6) | 0.000 |
| medium | 99 (39) | 54 (45) | 45 (34) | ||
| high | 125 (49) | 45 (38) | 80 (60) | ||
| Work or school (n, %) | school | 15 (6) | 9 (8) | 6 (5) | 0.52 |
| work | 188 (74) | 86 (72) | 102 (77) | ||
| combination of work and school | 50 (20) | 25 (21) | 25 (19) | ||
| Other chronic diseases (n, %) | Yes | 137 (54) | 68 (57) | 69 (52) | 0.45 |
| No | 116 (46) | 52 (43) | 64 (48) | ||
| Other allergic diseases (hay fever, food allergy) (n, %) | Yes | 112 (44) | 55 (46) | 57 (43) | 0.63 |
| No | 141 (56) | 65 (54) | 76 (57) | ||
| Pulmonary diseases | Yes | 90 (36) | 45 (38) | 45 (34) | 0.54 |
| No | 163 (64) | 75 (63) | 88 (66) | ||