Table 3 The association between the overall knowledge and expectation score (categorized according to the median) with baseline demographic, lifestyle, comorbidities, and health care coverage characteristics
From: Public knowledge of emergency medicine in Beirut, Lebanon
Total overall score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
< 53.00 N = 127 | ≥53.00 N = 122 | p-value | ||
Age | > 40 | 84 (66.1) | 72 (59.0) | 0.24 |
Gender | Male | 46 (36.2) | 51 (41.8) | 0.37 |
Marital status | Married | 90 (70.9) | 83 (68.0) | 0.63 |
BMI | ≥30 | 58 (45.7) | 45 (36.9) | 0.16 |
Income | < 600$ | 42 (36.2) | 35 (31.0) | 0.15 |
600 - < 1000$ | 34 (29.3) | 47 (41.6) | ||
≥1000$ | 40 (34.5) | 31 (27.4) | ||
Education | Above intermediate | 36 (28.3) | 55 (45.5) | 0.005 |
Crowd index | ≥1 | 111 (87.4) | 99 (81.1) | 0.17 |
Smoking | Ever | 58 (45.7) | 58 (47.5) | 0.76 |
Alcohol | Ever | 33 (26.0) | 40 (32.8) | 0.24 |
Any cardiac disease | 12 (9.4) | 8 (6.6) | 0.40 | |
Disease Acute | 14 (11.0) | 13 (10.7) | 0.93 | |
Any disease | 75 (59.1) | 58 (47.5) | 0.07 | |
Dyslipidemia | 38 (29.9) | 27 (22.1) | 0.16 | |
Hypertension | 53 (41.7) | 39 (32.0) | 0.11 | |
Definite diabetes | 20 (15.7) | 14 (11.5) | 0.33 | |
Sleep apnea (Berlin questionnaire) | Low risk | 75 (67.6) | 70 (71.4) | 0.55 |
High risk | 36 (32.4) | 28 (28.6) | ||
Sleep difficulties | Never – rarely | 34 (26.8) | 49 (40.2) | 0.06 |
Sometime – frequently | 31 (24.4) | 28 (23.0) | ||
Almost always | 62 (48.8) | 45 (36.9) | ||
Physical activity | None | 21 (16.5) | 17 (13.9) | 0.57 |
Any physical activity | 106 (83.5) | 105 (86.1) | ||
Levels of physical activity | Low-intensity activity | 62 (48.8) | 57 (46.7) | 0.52 |
Moderate-intensity activity | 38 (29.9) | 44 (36.1) | ||
High-intensity activity | 27 (21.3) | 21 (17.2) | ||
Insomnia | 55 (43.3) | 45 (36.9) | 0.30 | |
Health insurance | No | 70 (55.6) | 52 (43.0) | 0.14 |
Private insurance | 10 (7.9) | 12 (9.9) | ||
NSSF | 46 (36.5) | 57 (47.1) | ||
Insurance cover emergency care | 25 (59.5) | 28 (50.0) | 0.35 | |
Ever been to an ED | 77 (61.1) | 64 (55.2) | 0.35 | |
Hospital visits | AUBMC | 36 (58.1) | 21 (55.3) | 0.78 |
Other | 26 (41.9) | 17 (44.7) | ||
Frequency of visits | Never | 49 (41.9) | 52 (50.5) | 0.20 |
Once | 36 (30.8) | 21 (20.4) | ||
≥ Twice | 32 (27.4) | 30 (29.1) | ||