Table 3. Factors influencing visiting doctor/clinic regularly.
| Factors (total num.) | Regular visit n (%) | Chi-square p-value |
|---|---|---|
| No health insurance | 0.0001 | |
| No (122) | 79 (64.8) | |
| Yes (74) | 14 (18.9) | |
| Language barrier | 0.781 | |
| No (165) | 79 (47.9) | |
| Yes (31) | 14 (45.2) | |
| Gender | 0.473 | |
| Male (119) | 54 (45.4) | |
| Female (75) | 38 (50.7) | |
| *Residency Years | 0.0001 | |
| ≤ 5 (117) | 42 (35.9) | |
| 5 < (79) | 51 (64.6) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.735 | |
| **Others (63) | 31 (49.2) | |
| Sudanese (133) | 62 (46.6) | |
| Chronic disease | 0.003 | |
| With (64) | 40 (62.5) | |
| Without (132) | 53 (40.2) | |
| ***SILS (health literacy) | 0.542 | |
| Inadequate (93) | 42 (45.2) | |
| Adequate (103) | 51 (49.5) |
*
Years of residency in the US: 1=5 years or less, 2=more than 5 years.
**
Others: North African Arabic, Middle-Eastern Arabic, Yemeni and Gulf-Arabic participants.
***
Adequate health literacy=those answered “never or rarely” to the SILS question, while inadequate health literacy=those answered “always, often or sometimes” to the SILS question.