Table 4.
Median attitude score towards prevention of chronic kidney disease of 374 patients with hypertension
| Variables | Total N = 374 (%) |
Median attitude scorea [Q1-Q3] |
Mean rank | P-valueb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 131 (35%) | 70 [66–72] | 202.0 | 0.056c |
| Female | 243 (65%) | 68 [64–72] | 179.7 | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| < 65 | 247 (66) | 69 [66–72] | 203.6 | |
| ≥ 65 | 127 (34) | 67 [62–71] | 156.3 | < 0.001 c |
| Residency | ||||
| Village | 56 (15%) | 69 [64–71] | 184.2 | |
| City | 301 (80.5%) | 69 [65–72] | 189.3 | 0.678d |
| Refugee camp | 17 (4.5%) | 68 [63–72] | 166.5 | |
| Employment | ||||
| Employed | 98 (26.2%) | 70 [67–73] | 218.2 | 0.001 c |
| Unemployed | 276 (73.8%) | 68 [64–72] | 176.6 | |
| Body Mass Index | ||||
| Normal | 38 (10.2%) | 69 [66–73] | 196.6 | |
| Overweight | 134 (35.8%) | 69 [64–72] | 184.9 | 0.841d |
| Obese | 202 (54%) | 68 [65–72] | 187.5 | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 296 (79.1%) | 69 [65–72] | 162.8 | 0.023 c |
| Unmarried | 78 (20.9%) | 67 [62–72] | 194.0 | |
| Monthly income (NISe) | ||||
| Low (Less than 2000) | 230 (61.5%) | 67 [63–71] | 163.5 | |
| Moderate (2000–5000) | 129 (34.5%) | 70 [67–74] | 223.2 | < 0.001 d |
| High (More than 5000) | 15 (4%) | 73 [69–75] | 248.0 | |
| Education Level | ||||
| Uneducated | 22 (5.9%) | 63 [60–68] | 90.4 | |
| Primary school | 90 (24.1%) | 66 [62–70] | 137.7 | < 0.001 d |
| High school | 188 (50.3%) | 69 [66–72] | 200.6 | |
| University | 74 (19.8%) | 71 [68–74] | 243.2 | |
| Hypertension Duration (year) | ||||
| < 1 | 13 (3.5%) | 70 [67–73] | 208.2 | |
| 1–3 | 93 (24.9%) | 68 [65–72] | 180.1 | |
| 4–5 | 69 (18.4%) | 68 [64–72] | 176.8 | 0.537d |
| ≥ 5 | 199 (53.2%) | 69 [65–72] | 193.3 | |
| Therapy type | ||||
| Mono therapy | 174 (46.5%) | 68 [65–72] | 184.8 | 0.655c |
| Multi therapy | 200 (53.5%) | 69 [65–72] | 189.8 | |
| Total number of medications | ||||
| < 4 | 125 (33.4) | 68 [65–71] | 181.4 | 0.442c |
| ≥ 4 | 249 (66.6) | 69 [65–72] | 190.5 | |
| Total number of comorbid diseases | ||||
| 0 | 79 (21.1%) | 69 [66–73] | 200.8 | |
| 1 | 82 (21.9%) | 68 [66–72] | 194.1 | |
| 2 | 144 (38.5%) | 69 [65–72] | 182.2 | 0.611d |
| 3 | 54 (14.4%) | 67 [62–73] | 175.1 | |
| ≥ 4 | 15 (4.1%) | 69 [63–70] | 177.1 | |
aAttitude scale used 5-point Likert-type scale for 18 items (range 18–90, high score meaning more positive and better attitudes)
bThe p-values are bold where they are less than the significance level cut-off of 0.05
cStatistical significance of differences calculated using the Mann-Whitney U test
dStatistical significance of differences calculated using the Kruskal-Wallis test
e1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) equals 0.279 US Dollar