Table 2 Univariate analyses examining factors associated with adequate health knowledge in rural chronically ill adults
Predictor | Group of adequate health knowledge (n = 266) | Group of inadequate health knowledge (n = 794) | χ2 | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |||
Sex | ||||||
male | 92 | 34.6 | 248 | 31.2 | ||
female | 174 | 65.4 | 546 | 68.8 | 1.028 | 0.311 |
Age | ||||||
< 50 | 30 | 11.3 | 90 | 11.3 | ||
50-59 | 84 | 31.6 | 227 | 28.6 | ||
60-69 | 113 | 42.5 | 273 | 34.4 | ||
70- | 39 | 14.7 | 204 | 25.7 | 15.791 | 0.003 |
Marital Status | ||||||
Unmarried | 4 | 1.5 | 7 | 0.9 | ||
Married | 234 | 88 | 644 | 81.1 | ||
Divorced | 2 | 0.8 | 5 | 0.6 | ||
Widowed | 26 | 9.8 | 138 | 17.4 | 9.371 | 0.025 |
Education level | ||||||
less than 6 years elementary study | 80 | 30.1 | 318 | 40.1 | ||
Elementary | 92 | 34.6 | 273 | 34.4 | ||
Middle school | 72 | 27.1 | 164 | 20.7 | ||
beyond high school | 22 | 8.3 | 39 | 4.9 | 12.869 | 0.005 |
Duration of illness | ||||||
1-5 | 114 | 42.9 | 403 | 50.8 | ||
6-10 | 81 | 30.5 | 235 | 29.6 | ||
11-15 | 46 | 17.3 | 78 | 9.8 | ||
16- | 25 | 9.4 | 78 | 9.8 | 12.138 | 0.007 |
The place participants received health care regularly | ||||||
Village Clinics | 27 | 10.2 | 444 | 55.9 | ||
township hospitals | 195 | 73.3 | 70 | 8.8 | ||
County Hospitals | 42 | 15.8 | 82 | 10.3 | ||
participants who do not check up regularly in clinics or hospitals | 2 | 0.8 | 198 | 24.9 | 492.274 | < 0.001 |
Family history of chronic diseases | ||||||
yes | 138 | 51.9 | 260 | 32.7 | ||
no | 128 | 48.1 | 534 | 67.3 | 31.109 | < 0.001 |
Received health information related to chronic diseases from doctors | ||||||
yes | 252 | 94.7 | 385 | 48.5 | ||
no | 14 | 5.3 | 409 | 51.5 | 177.712 | < 0.001 |
Received self-care instructions from doctors | ||||||
yes | 263 | 98.9 | 500 | 63 | ||
no | 3 | 1.1 | 294 | 37 | 127.325 | < 0.001 |