Table 1.
General information characteristics, n (%)
|
Characteristics
|
Control group (n = 41) |
Experimental group (n = 44) |
χ
2
|
P
value
|
| Gender | 0.286 | 0.593 | ||
| Male | 10 (24.4) | 13 (29.5) | ||
| Female | 31 (75.6) | 31 (70.5) | ||
| Ethnicity | 4.027 | 0.259 | ||
| Han | 34 (82.9) | 42 (95.5) | ||
| Manchu | 5 (12.2) | 2 (4.5) | ||
| Hui | 1 (2.4) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Mongolian | 1 (2.4) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Marital status | 1.777 | 0.777 | ||
| Single | 2 (4.9) | 3 (6.8) | ||
| Married | 36 (87.8) | 35 (79.5) | ||
| Cohabitation | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.3) | ||
| Divorced | 1 (2.4) | 1 (2.3) | ||
| Widowed | 2 (4.9) | 4 (9.1) | ||
| Religious beliefs | 1.623 | 0.805 | ||
| Nil | 32 (78.0) | 34 (77.3) | ||
| Christian | 2 (4.9) | 4 (9.1) | ||
| Buddhist | 5 (12.2) | 5 (11.4) | ||
| Taoist | 1 (2.4) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Muslim | 1 (2.4) | 1 (2.3) | ||
| Cultural beliefs | 7.459 | 0.059 | ||
| Nil | 21 (51.2) | 23 (52.3) | ||
| Chinese traditional culture | 13 (31.7) | 5 (11.4) | ||
| Marxist-Leninist, Maoist, Deng, and the "Three Represents" | 7 (17.1) | 15 (34.1) | ||
| Others | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.3) | ||
| Highest education | 3.734 | 0.443 | ||
| Primary school | 9 (22.0) | 6 (13.6) | ||
| Junior high school | 10 (24.4) | 18 (40.9) | ||
| High school | 13 (31.7) | 9 (20.5) | ||
| University | 8 (19.5) | 10 (22.7) | ||
| Postgraduate and above | 1 (2.4) | 1 (2.3) | ||
| Working status | 4.635 | 0.327 | ||
| Retirement | 20 (48.8) | 24 (54.5) | ||
| Unemployed | 10 (24.4) | 4 (9.1) | ||
| Part time | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.3) | ||
| Full time | 3 (7.3) | 3 (6.8) | ||
| On sick leave | 8 (19.5) | 12 (27.3) | ||
| Profession | 3.994 | 0.262 | ||
| Worker | 14 (34.1) | 12 (27.3) | ||
| Farmer | 9 (22.0) | 6 (13.6) | ||
| Staff | 6 (14.6) | 4 (9.1) | ||
| Other | 12 (29.3) | 22 (50.0) | ||
| Monthly household income (in CNY) | –0.4361 | 0.663 | ||
| ≤ 1000 | 10 (24.4) | 10 (22.7) | ||
| 1000–2999 | 17 (41.5) | 15 (34.1) | ||
| 3000–4999 | 8 (19.5) | 13 (29.5) | ||
| 5000–6999 | 1 (2.4) | 4 (9.1) | ||
| ≥ 7000 | 5 (12.2) | 2 (4.5) | ||
| Payment method for medical expenses | 5.857 | 0.320 | ||
| Social medical insurance | 28 (68.3) | 37 (84.1) | ||
| Rural cooperative medical service | 9 (22.0) | 4 (9.1) | ||
| Free medical care | 2 (4.9) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Commercial medical insurance | 1 (2.4) | 1 (2.3) | ||
| Self-paid medical care | 1 (2.4) | 1 (2.3) | ||
| Others | 1 (2.4) | 1 (2.3) | ||
| Primary caregivers | 7.971 | 0.240 | ||
| Unattended | 1 (2.4) | 4 (9.1) | ||
| Parents | 3 (7.3) | 6 (13.6) | ||
| Child | 11 (26.8) | 11 (25.0) | ||
| Spouse | 24 (58.5) | 16 (36.4) | ||
| Relative | 2 (4.9) | 4 (9.1) | ||
| Nurses/nannies | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.5) | ||
| Others | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.3) |
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The Mann-Whitney U test.