Relation between demographic data and patient preference towards surgical treatment over continuation of medical therapy (n=309)
| Demographic data | Q1. Do you prefer surgical treatment over continuation of medical therapy | χ2 | P value | ||
| Total (n=309) | Yes (n=142) | No (n=167) | |||
| No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | |||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 151 (48.87) | 80 (56.34) | 71 (42.51) | 5.869* | 0.015* |
| Female | 158 (51.10) | 62 (43.66) | 96 (57.49) | ||
| Age | |||||
| <40 | 13 (4.21) | 9 (6.34) | 4 (2.40) | 6.083 | 0.193 |
| 41–50 | 43 (13.92) | 14 (9.86) | 29 (17.36) | ||
| 51–60 | 81 (26.21) | 38 (26.76) | 43 (25.75) | ||
| 60+ | 118 (38.19) | 56 (39.44) | 62 (37.13) | ||
| 70+ | 54 (17.48) | 25 (17.61) | 29 (17.36) | ||
| Education | |||||
| University graduate | 26 (8.41) | 14 (9.86) | 12 (7.19) | 2.008 | 0.571 |
| High school | 53 (17.15) | 23 (16.20) | 30 (17.96) | ||
| Primary school | 56 (18.12) | 22 (15.49) | 34 (20.36) | ||
| Illiterate | 174 (56.31) | 83 (58.45) | 91 (54.49) | ||
| Job | |||||
| Employed | 21 (6.80) | 10 (7.04) | 11 (6.59) | 6.508 | 0.089 |
| Unemployed | 59 (19.09) | 35 (24.65) | 24 (14.37) | ||
| Retired | 81 (26.21) | 38 (26.76) | 43 (25.75) | ||
| Housewife | 148 (47.90) | 59 (41.55) | 89 (53.29) | ||
| Years of treatment | |||||
| <5 | 158 (51.13) | 76 (53.52) | 82 (49.10) | 0.600 | 0.439 |
| ≥5 | 151 (48.87) | 66 (46.48) | 85 (50.90) | ||
| No of drugs | |||||
| 1 | 16 (5.18) | 8 (5.63) | 8 (4.79) | 13.974* | 0.003* |
| 2 | 70 (22.65) | 30 (21.13) | 40 (23.95) | ||
| 3 | 113 (36.57) | 39 (27.46) | 74 (44.31) | ||
| More than 3 | 110 (35.60) | 65 (45.77) | 45 (26.95) | ||
| Payment | |||||
| Full | 6 (1.94) | 2 (1.41) | 4 (2.40) | 0.480 | MCp= 0.909 |
| Partial | 7 (2.27) | 3 (2.11) | 4 (2.40) | ||
| None | 296 (95.79) | 137 (96.48) | 159 (95.21) | ||
χ2: Monte-Carlo p: p value for comparing between the studied categories.
*Statistically significant at p≤0.05.