Table 2.

Association of different sociodemographic variables with the use of medicinal plants

Sociodemographic variable	Number of patients	Percent	Users of medicinal plants	Nonuser of medicinal plants	χ ² or Fisher’s Exact Test	P value	Correlation	P value
Age (years)
< 40	79	53.0	26	53	31.2	<0.001	0.458	<0.01
≥ 40	70	47.0	55	15		<0.001	0.458	<0.01
Educational level
No formal education or primary school	35	23.5	20	15	0.14	0.85	−0.031	0.7
Higher education	114	76.5	61	53	0.14	0.85	−0.031	0.7
Monthly household income
Low	57	38.3	49	8	37.2	<0.001	−0.499	<0.001
High	92	61.7	32	60	37.2	<0.001	−0.499	<0.001
Marital status
Single	44	29.5	18	26	4.6	0.1	0.169	0.04
Married	100	67.1	60	40
Other (divorced/widowed)	5	3.4	3	2
Place of residence
City	62	41.6	33	29	0.23	0.96	0.012	0.88
Village	79	53.0	44	35
Camp	8	5.4	4	4
Psoriasis stage
Early	51	34.2	25	26	0.89	0.22	0.077	0.35
Late	98	65.8	56	42	0.89	0.22	0.077	0.35
Period relapsed since diagnosis (years)
< 2	70	47.0	37	33	0.12	0.73	0.028	0.73
≥ 2	79	53.0	44	35	0.12	0.73	0.028	0.73