Table 1.
Sociomedical variables in the studied sample of psoriatic patients (N = 355) and healthy comparison group (N = 380)
| Variable |
N (%) Psoriasis |
N (%) Healthy comparison group |
Significance test |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 83 (23.4%) | 58 (15.3%) | χ2(1) = 7.80, p < .001 |
| Female | 272 (76.6%) | 322 (84.7%) | |
| Age in years (M ± SD) | 23.42 ± 12.42 | 29.52 ± 7.07 | t(553.12) = − 16.79, p < .001 |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 260 (73.2%) | 204 (53.7%) | χ2(1) = 30.15, p < .001 |
| Single | 95 (26.8%) | 176 (46.3%) | |
| Education | |||
| Elementary | 8 (2.3%) | 6 (1.6%) | χ2(3) = 89.99, p < .001 |
| Vocational | 22 (6.2%) | 3 (.8%) | |
| Secondary | 141 (39.7%) | 279 (73.4%) | |
| Higher education | 184 (51.8%) | 92 (24.2%) | |
| Employment | |||
| Full employment | 237 (66.8%) | 171 (45.0%) | χ2(3) = 77.77, p < .001 |
| Unemployed | 86 (24.2%) | 199 (52.4%) | |
| Illness allowance | 9 (2.5%) | 10 (2.6%) | |
| Retired | 23 (6.5%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Village, small town up to 20 thousand residents | 103 (29.0%) | 62 (16.3%) | χ2(4) = 88.31, p < .001 |
| City 21 to 100 thousand residents | 69 (19.4%) | 45 (11.8%) | |
| City 101 to 500 thousand residents | 71 (20.0%) | 25 (6.6%) | |
| City over 500 thousand residents | 109 (30.7%) | 244 (64.2%) | |
| Lack of permanent residence | 3 (0.8%) | 4 (1.1%) | |
| Type of psoriasis | |||
| Ordinary | 256 (72.1%) | – | |
| Pustular | 38 (10.7%) | – | |
| General | 3 (0.8%) | – | |
| Psoriatic arthritis | 36 (10.1%) | – | |
| Other | 17 (4.8%) | – | |
| Missing data | 5 (1.4%) | – | |
| Years of diagnosis (M ± SD) | 16.66 ± 12.27 | – | |
M mean, SD standard deviation, χ2 Pearson’s Chi-squared test of independence, t Student’s t test for independent samples
p, statistical significance