Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants with physical illnesses (N = 670)
From: Mental and physical comorbidity in an Arab primary health care setting
Disease | Living condition | Level of education | Marital status | Gender | Age | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%)b | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | |||||||||
Low | Medium | High | Illiterate/Primary | High school | College/University | Single | Married | Divor-ced | Widow | Male | Female | ||
Diabetes (N = 248) | 28 (11.3) | 171 (69.0) | 48 (19.8) | 98 (39.5) | 55 (22.2) | 95 (38.3) | 16 (6.5) | 193 (77.9) | 7 (2.8) | 32 (12.9) | 120 (48.4) | 128 (51.6) | 49 (13) |
Hypertension (N = 229) | 29 (12.7) | 157 (68.6) | 43 (18.8) | 86 (37.5) | 49 (21.4) | 94 (42.1) | 14 (6.1) | 177 (77.3) | 6 (2.6) | 32 (14.0) | 103 (45.0) | 126 (55.0) | 49.9 (12) |
Othersa (N = 63) | 5 (7.9) | 45 (71.4) | 13 (20.6) | 9 (14.2) | 13 (20.6) | 41 (65.1) | 11 (17.5) | 46 (73.0) | 6 (9.5) | – | 15 (23.8) | 48 (76.2) | 37.4 (11) |
Heart disease (N = 48) | 1 (2.1) | 33 (68.8) | 14 (29.2) | 22 (45.8) | 9 (18.8) | 17 (35.4) | 3 (6.3) | 36 (75.0) | 1 (2.1) | 8 (16.7) | 24 (50.0) | 24 (50.0) | 52.7 (13) |
Asthma (N = 82) | 6 (7.3) | 59 (72.0) | 17 (20.7) | 11 (13.4) | 18 (22.0) | 53 (64.7) | 14 (17.1) | 60 (73.2) | 6 (7.3) | 2 (2.4) | 25 (30.5) | 57 (69.5) | 35.9 (10) |