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

Table 7 Patients characteristics associated with practice score regarding prevention chronic kidney disease among hypertensive patients in multiple linear regression

Variables^a	Unstandardised coefficients (B)	Standardised coefficients (Beta)	P value^b	95% Confidence interval for B
Gender^c
Male	Ref.
Female	−0.958	− 0.102	0.048	−1.907 to − 0.008
BMI^c
Normal weight	Ref.
Overweight or obese	−1.617	−0.110	0.026	−3.040 to − 0.194
Monthly income^c
Low income	Ref.
Moderate to high income	0.016	0.002	0.976	−1.066 to 1.098
Education level^c
Below university education level	Ref.
University education level	0.210	0.019	0.745	−1.061 to 1.481
Total number of medication^c
< 4	Ref.
≥ 4	0.734	0.077	0.195	−0.378 to 1.847
Total number of co-morbid diseases^c
0	Ref.
≥ 1	0.828	0.091	0.127	−0.236 to- 1.893
Knowledge score^d
Continuous	0.136	0.178	0.001	0.056 to 0.217
Attitude score^e
Continuous	0.164	0.200	< 0.001	0.074 to 0.253

^aUnivariate factors with p values < 0.05 were entered into the multiple linear regression
^bThe p-values are bold where they are less than the significance level cut-off of 0.05
^cNominal variables were entered into analyses using dummy coding
^dKnowledge scale was a dichotomous scale of 30 items (range 0–30, high score meaning more correct and better knowledge)
^eAttitude scale used 5-point Likert-type scale for 18 items (range 18–90, high score meaning more positive and better attitude

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