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. 2022 May 19;12:8481. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-12633-3

Table 4.

Relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and coping strategies of diabetes mellitus.

Good Moderate Poor Total X2 p
Age (years)
 < 30 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (20.0) 2 (1.6) 43.71  < 0.001
30–39 1 (1.6) 2 (3.8) 3 (30.0) 7 (5.6)
40–49 12 (18.8) 17 (32.7) 1 (10.0) 30 (23.8)
50–59 10 (15.6) 12 (23.1) 1 (10.0) 23 (18.3)
60–69 25 (39.1) 13 (25.0) 1 (10.0) 36 (28.6)
 ≥ 70 16 (25.0) 8 (12.5) 2 (20.0) 26 (20.6)
Gender
Male 10 (15.6) 36 (69.2) 10 (100) 56 (44.4) 46.97  < 0.001
Female 54 (84.4) 16 (30.8) 0 (0.0) 70 (55.6)
Ethnicity
Yoruba 48 (75.0) 37 (71.2) 7 (70.0) 93 (73.8) 1.97 0.922
Ibo 11 (17.2) 8 (15.4) 2 (20.0) 21 (16.7)
Hausa 3 (4.7) 3 (5.7) 1 (10.0) 5 (3.9)
Others 2 (3.1) 4 (7.7) 1 (10.0) 7 (5.6)
Marital status
Married 50 (78.1) 28 (67.3) 7 (70.0) 85 (67.4) 13.10 0.041
Divorced 3 (4.7) 1 (1.9) 1 (10.0) 5 (1.6)
Widowed 10 (15.6) 19 (36.5) 1 (10.0) 30 (23.8)
Separated 1 (1.6) 4 (7.7) 1 (10.0) 6 (4.8)
Religion
Christianity 50 (78.1) 41 (78.8) 6 (60.0) 97 (76.9) 2.93 0.569
Islam 13 (20.3) 11 (11.2) 4 (40.0) 28 (22.2)
Traditional 1 (1.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.7)
Level of education
No formal education 1 (1.6) 0 (0.0) 6 (60.0) 7 (5.6) 79.92  < 0.001
Primary education 2 (3.2) 1 (1.9) 2 (20.0) 5 (5.6)
Secondary education 11 (17.2) 21 (40.4) 2 (20.0) 34 (26.9)
Tertiary education 50 (78.1) 30 (57.7) 0 (0.0) 80 (63.5)
Coping level 64 (50.8) 52 (41.3) 10 (7.9)