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Table 4 Median attitude score towards prevention of chronic kidney disease of 374 patients with hypertension

From: Knowledge, attitudes and practices of hypertensive patients towards prevention and early detection of chronic kidney disease: a cross sectional study from Palestine

Variables

Total

N = 374 (%)

Median attitude scorea

[Q1-Q3]

Mean rank

P-valueb

Gender

 Male

131 (35%)

70 [66–72]

202.0

0.056c

 Female

243 (65%)

68 [64–72]

179.7

 

Age (years)

  < 65

247 (66)

69 [66–72]

203.6

 

  ≥ 65

127 (34)

67 [62–71]

156.3

< 0.001 c

Residency

 Village

56 (15%)

69 [64–71]

184.2

 

 City

301 (80.5%)

69 [65–72]

189.3

0.678d

 Refugee camp

17 (4.5%)

68 [63–72]

166.5

 

Employment

 Employed

98 (26.2%)

70 [67–73]

218.2

0.001 c

 Unemployed

276 (73.8%)

68 [64–72]

176.6

 

Body Mass Index

 Normal

38 (10.2%)

69 [66–73]

196.6

 

 Overweight

134 (35.8%)

69 [64–72]

184.9

0.841d

 Obese

202 (54%)

68 [65–72]

187.5

 

Marital status

 Married

296 (79.1%)

69 [65–72]

162.8

0.023 c

 Unmarried

78 (20.9%)

67 [62–72]

194.0

 

Monthly income (NISe)

 Low (Less than 2000)

230 (61.5%)

67 [63–71]

163.5

 

 Moderate (2000–5000)

129 (34.5%)

70 [67–74]

223.2

< 0.001 d

 High (More than 5000)

15 (4%)

73 [69–75]

248.0

 

Education Level

 Uneducated

22 (5.9%)

63 [60–68]

90.4

 

 Primary school

90 (24.1%)

66 [62–70]

137.7

< 0.001 d

 High school

188 (50.3%)

69 [66–72]

200.6

 

 University

74 (19.8%)

71 [68–74]

243.2

 

Hypertension Duration (year)

  < 1

13 (3.5%)

70 [67–73]

208.2

 

 1–3

93 (24.9%)

68 [65–72]

180.1

 

 4–5

69 (18.4%)

68 [64–72]

176.8

0.537d

  ≥ 5

199 (53.2%)

69 [65–72]

193.3

 

Therapy type

    

 Mono therapy

174 (46.5%)

68 [65–72]

184.8

0.655c

 Multi therapy

200 (53.5%)

69 [65–72]

189.8

 

Total number of medications

  < 4

125 (33.4)

68 [65–71]

181.4

0.442c

  ≥ 4

249 (66.6)

69 [65–72]

190.5

 

Total number of comorbid diseases

 0

79 (21.1%)

69 [66–73]

200.8

 

 1

82 (21.9%)

68 [66–72]

194.1

 

 2

144 (38.5%)

69 [65–72]

182.2

0.611d

 3

54 (14.4%)

67 [62–73]

175.1

 

  ≥ 4

15 (4.1%)

69 [63–70]

177.1

 
  1. aAttitude scale used 5-point Likert-type scale for 18 items (range 18–90, high score meaning more positive and better attitudes)
  2. bThe p-values are bold where they are less than the significance level cut-off of 0.05
  3. cStatistical significance of differences calculated using the Mann-Whitney U test
  4. dStatistical significance of differences calculated using the Kruskal-Wallis test
  5. e1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) equals 0.279 US Dollar