Table 1 Demographic characteristic of the patients
Variables | Frequency | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Female | 56 | 56 |
Male | 44 | 44 | |
Education | PhD | 2 | 2 |
Masters | 10 | 10 | |
Bachelor | 44 | 44 | |
Lower than bachelor | 44 | 44 | |
Marital status | Married | 76 | 76 |
Single | 24 | 24 | |
Age | 20–25 | 4 | 4 |
25–30 | 10 | 10 | |
30–35 | 12 | 12 | |
35–40 | 12 | 12 | |
40–45 | 37 | 37 | |
45 years up | 25 | 25 | |
Employment status | Unemployed | 9 | 9 |
Employed | 91 | 91 | |
Monthly income | Higher than 30,000,000 Rials | 12 | 12 |
10,000,000–30,000,000 Rials | 47 | 47 | |
Less than 10,000,000 Rials | 41 | 41 | |
Duration of admission | Less than a week | 48 | 48 |
A week | 26 | 26 | |
More than a week | 26 | 26 | |
Admission times | First time | 61 | 61 |
The second and third times | 32 | 32 | |
More than the third time | 7 | 7 | |
Previous experience of hospitalization | Positive | 11 | 11 |
Negative | 28 | 28 | |
Type of hospital | Number 1 | 50 | 50 |
Number 2 | 50 | 50 | |