Table 5 Regular monitoring of blood pressure and blood sugar among respondents:
From: Assessment the awareness toward hypertension and diabetes mellitus: Syrian cross sectional study
Variable | Check BP regularly? (n = 976) | Check BS regularly? (n = 976) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No (%) (n = 173) | Yes (%) (n = 803) | Χ2 (P value) | No (%) (n = 915) | Yes (%) (n = 61) | Χ2 (P value) | |
Age (years) |  | 14.41(0.002) |  | 84.3 (< 0.001) | ||
18–25 | 131 (18.6) | 574 (81.4) |  | 434 (61.6) | 271 (38.4) |  |
25–40 | 36 (22.1) | 127 (77.9) | 71 (43.6) | 92 (56.4) | ||
40–55 | 6 (7.9) | 70 (92.1) | 11 (14.5) | 65 (85.5) | ||
55 and above | 0 (0) | 32 (100) | 7 (21.9) | 25 (78.1) | ||
Gender | Â | 2.64 (0.104) | Â | 1.47 (0.225) | ||
Male | 50 (15) | 284 (85) | Â | 170 (50.9) | 164 (49.1) | Â |
Female | 123 (19.2) | 519 (80.8) | 353 (55) | 289 (45) | ||
State of residence | Â | 0.38 (0.535) | Â | 5.33 (0.021) | ||
City | 126 (17.3) | 603 (82.7) | Â | 375 (51.4) | 354 (48.6) | Â |
Countryside | 47 (19) | 200 (81) | 148 (59.9) | 99 (40.1) | ||
Highest level of education | Â | 14.03(0.007) | Â | 6.49 (0.165) | ||
illiterate | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | Â | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | Â |
Primary school | 5 (38.5) | 8 (61.5) | 5 (38.5) | 8 (61.5) | ||
Middle school | 5 (38.5) | 8 (61.5) | 10 (76.9) | 3 (23.1) | ||
secondary school | 14 (28.6) | 35 (71.4) | 29 (59.2) | 20 (40.8) | ||
University | 148 (16.5) | 751 (83.5) | 477 (53.1) | 422 (46.9) | ||
Average monthly income | Â | 4.78 (0.188) | Â | 3.7 (0.296) | ||
Excellent | 11 (23.4) | 36 (76.6) | Â | 19 (40.4) | 28 (59.6) | Â |
Good | 42 (16.1) | 219 (83.9) | 142 (54.4) | 119 (45.6) | ||
Middle | 65 (15.9) | 345 (84.1) | 219 (53.4) | 191 (46.6) | ||
Low | 55 (21.3) | 203 (78.7) | 143 (55.4) | 115 (44.6) | ||
Currently consume alcohol | Â | 1.46 (0.228) | Â | 1.26 (0.261) | ||
No | 164 (18.1) | 740 (81.9) | Â | 489 (54.1) | 415 (45.9) | Â |
Yes | 9 (12.5) | 63 (87.5) | 34 (47.2) | 38 (52.8) | ||
Currently smoke | Â | 0.04 (0.836) | Â | 1.57 (0.210) | ||
No | 141 (17.8) | 649 (82.2) | Â | 431 (54.6) | 359 (45.4) | Â |
Yes | 32 (17.2) | 154 (82.8) | 92 (49.5) | 94 (50.5) | ||
Physically active | Â | 2.95 (0.086) | Â | 0.99 (0.319) | ||
No | 63 (20.9) | 239 (79.1) | Â | 169 (56) | 133 (44) | Â |
Yes | 110 (16.3) | 564 (83.7) | 354 (52.5) | 320 (47.5) | ||
Family history of hypertension | Â | 0.41 (0.523) | Â | 3.84 (0.050) | ||
No | 63 (18.8) | 272 (81.2) | Â | 194 (57.9) | 141 (42.1) | Â |
Yes | 110 (17.2) | 531 (82.8) | 329 (51.3) | 312 (48.7) | ||
Family history of diabetes | Â | 1.1 (0.294) | Â | 11.62 (0.001) | ||
No | 63 (16.2) | 327 (83.8) | Â | 235 (60.3) | 155 (39.7) | Â |
Yes | 110 (18.8) | 476 (81.2) | 288 (49.1) | 289 (50.9) | ||
Hypertension knowledge | Â | 8.79 (0.003) | Â | 5.01 (0.025) | ||
Poor | 28 (28.6) | 70 (71.4) | Â | 63 (64.3) | 35 (35.7) | Â |
Good | 145 (16.5) | 733 (83.5) | 460 (52.4) | 418 (47.6) | ||
Diabetes knowledge | Â | 2.29 (0.130) | Â | 7.87 (0.005) | ||
Poor | 28 (22.6) | 96 (77.4) | Â | 81 (65.3) | 43 (34.7) | Â |
Good | 145 (17) | 707 (83) | 442 (51.9) | 410 (48.1) | ||