Table 3.
Which of the following diseases are considered to be rare in Poland?
| Items | Students N(%) |
Nurses N(%) |
p - value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sickle cell anemia | 6 (5.3) | 15 (9.7) | |
| Cystic fibrosis | 15 (13.3) | 43 (27.7) | 0.005 |
| Acromegaly | 19 (16.8) | 23 (14.8) | |
| Haemophilia | 9 (8) | 33 (21.3) | 0.003 |
| Down syndrome | 2 (1.8) | 5 (3.2) | |
| Niemann-Pick disease | 56 (49.6) | 64 (41.3) | |
| Halitosis | 12 (10.6) | 12 (7.7) | |
| Glaucoma | 0 | 1 (0.7) | |
| Progeria | 32 (28.3) | 43 (27.7) | |
| Neurofibromatosis | 10 (8.9) | 33 (21.3) | 0.009 |
| Craniodiaphyseal dysplasia | 18 (15.9) | 26 (18.3) | |
| Cerebral palsy | 6 (5.3) | 3 (1.9) | |
| Fibromyalgia | 38 (33.6) | 28 (18.1) | 0.004 |
| Huntington disease | 36 (31.9) | 78 (50.3) | 0.003 |
| Duchenne muscular dystrophy | 35 (31) | 68 (43.9) | 0.03 |
| Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome | 6 (5.3) | 9 (5.8) | |
| Munchausen syndrome | 59 (52.2) | 62 (40) | 0.05 |
| Mucopolysaccharidoses | 19 (16.8) | 42 (27.1) | 0.05 |
| Achondroplasia | 21 (18.6) | 32 (20.7) | |
| Crohn’s disease | 12 (10.6) | 20 (12.9) | |
| Pompe disease | 58 (51.3) | 75 (48.4) | |
| Gaucher disease | 56 (49.6) | 70 (45.2) | |
| Fragile X syndrome | 48 (42.5) | 65 (41.9) | |
| Marfan syndrome | 43 (38.1) | 60 (38.7) | |
| Schizophrenia | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.7) | |
| Alzheimer’s disease | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.7) | |
| Osteogenesis imperfecta | 18 (15.9) | 62 (40) | 0.0000 |
| Phenylketonuria | 14 (12.4) | 42 (27.1) | 0.004 |