Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the participants(n = 440)
Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 274(62.3%) |
Female | 166(37.7%) |
Age(years) | |
≤ 60 | 384 (87.3%) |
>60 | 56 (12.7%) |
Education level | |
Secondary school or below | 115 (26.1%) |
Vocational/ High school | 86 (19.5%) |
Undergraduate college or above | 239 (54.3%) |
Employment situation | |
Working | 281 (63.9%) |
Unemployed | 79 (17.9%) |
Retired | 69 (15.7%) |
Others | 11 (2.5%) |
Marital status | |
Married | 294 (66.8%) |
Unmarried | 114 (25.9%) |
Divorced | 24 (5.5%) |
Widowed | 8 (1.8%) |
Smoking | |
Yes | 132 (30.0%) |
No | 308 (70.0%) |
Drinking | |
Yes | 106 (24.1%) |
No | 334 (75.9%) |
Course of disease(years) | |
<1 | 36 (8.2%) |
1 ~ 10 | 148 (33.6%) |
>10 | 256(58.2%) |
Itching | |
Yes | 357(81.1%) |
No | 83 (18.9%) |
Pain | |
Yes | 211(48.0%) |
No | 229(52.0%) |
Body surface area (BSA) | |
<3% | 100(22.7%) |
3%~<10% | 183(41.6%) |
≥ 10% | 157(35.7%) |
Comorbidity | |
Yes | 121(27.5%) |
No | 319(72.5%) |