Table 2 Sociodemographic Profile of Participants
Variables | Categories | Total (n = 602) | EFA Sample (n = 301) | CFA Sample (n = 301) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender F *(%) | Female | 336 (55.81) | 163 (54.15) | 173 (57.48) |
Male | 266 (44.19) | 138 (45.85) | 128 (42.52) | |
Marital status F (%) | Single | 160 (26.59) | 83 (27.57) | 77 (25.5) |
Married | 395 (65.61) | 200 (66.45) | 195 (64.78) | |
divorced or widowed | 47 (7.80) | 18 (5.98) | 29 (9.63) | |
Education level F (%) | Illiterate | 34 (5.65) | 15 (4.98) | 19 (6.31) |
Primary school | 170 (28.24) | 80 (26.58) | 90 (29.9) | |
Diploma | 177 (29.40) | 82 (27.24) | 95 (31.56) | |
Bachelor | 135 (22.42) | 76 (25.25) | 59 (19.6) | |
PhD and MSc | 86 (14.29) | 48 (15.95) | 38 (12.63) | |
Job F (%) | Self-employed | 224 (37.21) | 107 (35.55) | 117 (38.87) |
Governmental | 96 (15.95) | 51 (16.94) | 45 (14.95) | |
Housewife | 182 (30.23) | 89 (29.57) | 93 (30.90) | |
Student | 28 (4.65) | 17 (5.65) | 11 (3.65) | |
Unemployed | 32 (5.31) | 14 (4.65) | 18 (5.98) | |
Retired | 40 (6.65) | 23 (7.64) | 17 (5.65) | |
Hospitalized ward F (%) | Surgery | 80 (13.29) | 36 (11.96) | 44 (14.62) |
Neurology | 71 (11.79) | 43 (14.29) | 28 (9.30) | |
rheumatology | 41 (6.81) | 27 (8.97) | 14 (4.65) | |
Nephrology | 39 (6.48) | 21 (6.98) | 18 (5.98) | |
Internal | 96 (15.95) | 46 (15.28) | 50 (16.61) | |
Gastrointestinal | 89 (14.78) | 41 (13.62) | 48 (15.95) | |
Obstetric | 45 (7.48) | 25 (8.30) | 20 (6.64) | |
Orthopedic | 97 (16.11) | 43 (14.29) | 54 (17.94) | |
Urology | 44 (7.31) | 19 (6.31) | 25 (8.31) | |
Being religious from the patients’ perspective F (%) | Yes | 364 (60.46) | 172 (57.14) | 192 (63.79) |
No | 85 (14.12) | 47 (15.62) | 38 (12.62) | |
Somewhat | 153 (25.42) | 82 (27.24) | 71 (23.59) |