Factors | Patients N (%) | Knowledge score (`x±s) | t/F | P | Factors | Patients N (%) | Knowledge score (`x±s) | t/F | P |
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Age (years) | 21.496# | 0.001 | Reason for Admission | 0.297 | 0.955 | ||||
Less than 25 | 15 (3.9) | 14.20±9.80 | Craniocerebral injury | 17 (4.4) | 12.12±14.15 | ||||
26-35 | 43 (11.1) | 17.58±12.91 | Intracranial tumor | 232 (60.1) | 13.41±11.10 | ||||
36-45 | 51 (13.2) | 14.14±11.82 | Cerebrovascular disease | 72 (18.7) | 13.88±12.21 | ||||
46-55 | 121 (31.3) | 13.94±11.51 | Diseases of the scalp and skull | 5 (1.3) | 9.00±15.26 | ||||
56-65 | 97 (25.1) | 13.19±11.36 | Intracranial infection | 3 (0.8) | 13.00±15.40 | ||||
More than 65 | 59 (15.3) | 7.59±8.96 | Spinal cord diseases | 15 (3.9) | 13.60±13.28 | ||||
Gender | 0.348 | 0.728 | Functional disease | 35 (9.1) | 11.40±10.70 | ||||
Male | 186 (51.8) | 13.42±11.47 | Other | 7 (1.8) | 14.57±11.73 | ||||
Female | 200 (48.2) | 13.01±11.60 | Surgery | 3.194 | 0.002 | ||||
Place of residence | 5.441 | 0.000 | Yes | 195 (50.5) | 15.05±12.46 | ||||
Rural areas | 208 (53.9) | 10.33±10.10 | No | 191 (49.5) | 11.36±10.17 | ||||
Urban areas | 178 (46.1) | 16.60±12.18 | Length of hospitalization | 1.273 | 0.283 | ||||
Education level | 95.290# | 0.000 | Less than 7 days | 272 (70.5) | 12.55±11.15 | ||||
Primary and below | 90 (23.2) | 5.89±8.34 | 8-14 days | 69 (17.9) | 14.13±11.93 | ||||
Junior high school | 128 (33.2) | 11.54±9.86 | 15-21 days | 23 (6.0) | 15.96±12.84 | ||||
High school/Technical secondary school | 93 (24.1) | 15.05±10.37 | More than 21 days | 22 (5.7) | 15.86±13.15 | ||||
College | 49 (12.7) | 20.16±11.44 | Caregivers | 2.892 | 0.022 | ||||
Bachelor degree or above | 26 (6.7) | 27.27±11.63 | Spouse | 213 (55.2) | 14.53±11.87 | ||||
Marital status | 0.961 | 0.411 | Child or son/daughter-in-law | 122 (31.6) | 10.42±10.22 | ||||
Married | 343 (88.9) | 13.08±11.58 | Parents | 34 (8.8) | 15.47±11.74 | ||||
Spinsterhood | 32 (8.3) | 13.84±11.19 | Other (Rotate care/hire carers) | 17 (4.4) | 12.53±12.70 | ||||
Divorce | 5 (1.3) | 21.40±14.42 | Sources of information related to VTE | 126.824# | 0.000 | ||||
Widowed | 6 (1.6) | 11.00±5.51 | Doctors | 84 (21.8) | 19.37±12.30 | ||||
Occupation | 12.280 | 0.000 | Nurses | 51 (13.2) | 20.08±10.61 | ||||
Farmer | 139 (36.0) | 9.96±9.92 | Family member/friend | 40 (10.4) | 17.70±10.83 | ||||
Worker | 49 (12.7) | 12.57±11.25 | Internet/TV | 47 (12.2) | 11.36±7.55 | ||||
Self-employed | 21 (5.4) | 12.71±8.19 | other patient | 14 (3.6) | 11.07±12.31 | ||||
Professional | 34 (8.8) | 24.26±12.32 | Pamphlet/poster | 18 (4.7) | 17.28±9.73 | ||||
Administrator | 16 (4.1) | 25.94±11.48 | Professional books | 2 (0.5) | 21.00±14.14 | ||||
Retiree | 58 (15.0) | 12.03±10.53 | Never heard of VTE | 130 (33.7) | 5.41±7.37 | ||||
Other | 69 (17.9) | 13.01±11.15 | Whether there is a doctor/nurse in the family | 4.762 | 0.000 | ||||
Family per capita monthly income (US dollars) | 34.850# | 0.000 | Yes | 35 (9.1) | 21.83±11.92 | ||||
Less than $235 | 23 (6.0) | 6.87±9.70 | No | 351 (90.9) | 12.36±11.14 | ||||
$235 - $470 | 133 (34.5) | 9.46±9.32 | Personal history of VTE | 6.475 | 0.000 | ||||
$470 - $783 | 140 (36.3) | 15.67±11.81 | Yes | 11 (2.8) | 32.00±9.72 | ||||
More than $783 | 90 (23.3) | 16.60±12.32 | No | 375 (97.2) | 12.67±11.11 | ||||
Payment manner of the medical expenses | 51.540# | 0.000 | Family history of VTE | 2.077 | 0.039 | ||||
Out-of-pocket medical | 31 (8.0) | 9.90±9.37 | Yes | 30 (7.8) | 17.40±9.49 | ||||
Medical services at state expense | 14 (3.6) | 18.36±11.21 | No | 356 (92.2) | 12.87±11.62 | ||||
Medical insurance for urban workers | 74 (19.2) | 21.51±12.37 | Whether the health-care providers provided the VTE knowledge education | 8.095 | 0.000 | ||||
The medical insurance for urban residents | 81 (21.0) | 13.49±11.85 | Yes | 130 (33.7) | 19.72±11.87 | ||||
New rural cooperative medical insurance | 170 (44.0) | 9.82±9.41 | No | 256 (66.3) | 9.93±9.83 |