Table 1.
Summery of baseline demographic characteristics of the patients
| Variable | Number (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | 100 (67 %) |
| Female | 50 (33 %) | |
| Education | Primary school | 16 (10. 67 %) |
| Guidance school | 62 (41.33 %) | |
| High school | 52 (34.67 %) | |
| Advanced | 20 (13.33 %) | |
| Employment | Employed | 86 (57.33 %) |
| Unemployed | 64 (42.67 %) | |
| Marital status | Married | 75 (50 %) |
| Single | 61(40.67 %) | |
| Divorced | 14 (9.33 %) | |
| Living alone | With family | 130 (86.67 %) |
| alone | 20 (13.33 %) | |
| Housing | Have house | 137 (91.33 %) |
| Do not have house | 13 (8.67 %) | |
| Family support | Yes | 130 (86.67 %) |
| No | 20 (13.33 %) | |
| Smoking | Yes | 87 (58 %) |
| No | 63 (42 %) | |
| Substance abuse | Yes | 80 (53.33 %) |
| No | 70 (46.67 %) | |
| Alcohol use | Yes | 19 (12.67 %) |
| No | 131 (87.33 %) | |
| Route of transmission | Sexual contact | 76 (50.67 %) |
| Injection drug Use | 64 (42.67 %) | |
| Blood | 8 (5.33 %) | |
| Unknown | 2 (1.33 %) | |