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Table 2 Characteristics of Patients in neurosurgical hospitalized patients and univariate analysis (n = 386)

From: Low awareness of venous thromboembolism among neurosurgical hospitalized patients: a cross-sectional study

Factors

Patients N (%)

Knowledge score (`x±s)

t/F

P

Factors

Patients N (%)

Knowledge score (`x±s)

t/F

P

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

  
  1. Notions: #: H-value