Table 6: Relationship between knowledge and sociocultural factors.
|
Sociocultural factors |
Knowledge |
Statistic |
p-value |
|||
|
|
|
Good |
Poor |
Total |
|
|
|
Do you take Alcohol? |
Yes |
158(72.8) |
59(27.2) |
217 |
6.988 |
0.008 |
|
|
No |
96(85.7) |
16(14.3) |
112 |
|
|
|
How often do you take alcohol? |
None |
98(87.5) |
14(12.5) |
112 |
10.864 |
0.004 |
|
|
Moderate |
127(74.7) |
43(25.3) |
170 |
|
|
|
|
Heavy |
31(66.0) |
16(34.0) |
47 |
|
|
|
Smoking Status |
Never |
133(71.1) |
54(28.9) |
187 |
10.513 |
0.005 |
|
|
Former |
71(88.8) |
9(11.3) |
80 |
|
|
|
|
Currently |
51(81.0) |
12(19.0) |
63 |
|
|
|
On the Scale of 5, what is the Perceived stress |
1 |
68(93.2) |
5(6.8) |
73 |
100.539 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
2 |
33(94.3) |
2(5.7) |
35 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
82(100.0) |
0(0.0) |
82 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
51(58.9) |
37(42.0) |
88 |
|
|
|
|
5 |
18(38.3) |
29(61.7) |
47 |
|
|
|
What is your level of physical activity? |
Low |
53(96.4) |
2(3.6) |
55 |
40.795 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
Moderate |
143(84.6) |
26(15.4) |
169 |
|
|
|
|
High |
61(57.5) |
45(42.5) |
106 |
|
|
|
How many hours do you sleep at night? |
Less than 3 hours |
5(13.9) |
31(86.1) |
36 |
101.835 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
3-6 hours |
157(91.3) |
15(8.7) |
172 |
|
|
|
|
More than 6 hours |
94(76.4) |
29(23.6) |
123 |
|
|
|
Do you have a family history of Hypertension? |
No |
210(95.9) |
9(4.1) |
219 |
126.250 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
First degree |
27(37.5) |
45(62.5) |
72 |
|
|
|
|
Second degree |
19(50.0) |
19(50.0) |
38 |
|
|