Evaluation of general public awareness, knowledge and attitude about common rheumatic diseases in Egypt: a multicenter study

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 6 Association between the sociodemographic state and the participants’ total knowledge of the diseases

	Good		Average		Bad		Very bad		Chi-square test
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	χ²	P
Age (mean ± SD)	37.1 ± 10.8		38.6 ± 11.9		38.3 ± 11.8		37.7 ± 11.4		1.549*	0.200
Sex
Male	203	47.3	275	42.6	755	52.9	261	52.3
Female	226	52.7	370	57.4	672	47.1	238	47.7	21.065	< 0.001
Education
Illiterate	48	9.1	33	3.8	176	15.6	86	18.0
Primary	55	10.4	95	11.0	183	16.2	78	16.3
Secondary	139	26.2	277	32.1	387	34.3	147	30.7
University	183	34.5	399	46.2	327	29.0	129	26.9
Postgraduate	105	19.8	60	6.9	54	4.8	39	8.1	256.821	< 0.001
Profession
Manual	47	12.7	62	9.6	159	11.1	89	16.0
Technical	108	29.1	93	14.4	301	21.1	97	17.4
Official	66	17.8	89	13.8	198	13.9	64	11.5
Professional	30	8.1	67	10.4	269	18.9	75	13.5
Not working	120	32.3	334	51.8	500	35.0	232	41.7	112.652	< 0.001
Residence
Urban	192	51.8	400	62.0	740	51.9	227	40.8
Rural	89	24.0	172	26.7	445	31.2	184	33.0
Suburban	90	24.3	73	11.3	242	17.0	146	26.2	79.907	< 0.001
Marital status
Single	50	12.6	92	14.5	191	13.5	90	16.1
Married	236	59.4	421	66.5	960	68.1	370	66.1
Divorced	57	14.4	67	10.6	139	9.9	39	7.0
Widowed	54	13.6	53	8.4	120	8.5	61	10.9	29.254	0.001
Family history
Yes	532	68.7	362	46.6	297	28.0	39	10.0
No	181	23.4	296	38.1	493	46.6	179	45.9
I don’t know	61	7.9	119	15.3	269	25.4	172	44.1	542.381	< 0.001
Sources of information
From a doctor	53	14.3	99	15.3	280	19.6	93	16.7
From a friend	56	15.1	112	17.4	267	18.7	88	15.8
From a patient	77	20.8	145	22.5	290	20.3	126	22.6
From media and Internet	185	49.9	289	44.8	590	41.3	250	44.9	18.075	0.034