Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the patients
Variable | N (%) |
|---|---|
Age | |
 18–64 | 232 (71.8) |
 65 and more | 91 (28.2) |
Gender | |
 Male | 189 (58.5) |
 Female | 134 (41.5) |
Primary caretakers | |
 Spouse | 241 (74.6) |
 Children | 66 (20.4) |
 Parents | 10 (3.1) |
 Others | 6 (1.9) |
Educational status | |
 Illiterate | 99 (30.7) |
 Primary | 120 (37.2) |
 Secondary | 68 (21.1) |
 University | 36 (11.1) |
Marital status | |
 Single | 5 (1.5) |
 Married | 253 (78.3) |
 Widowed | 65 (20.1) |
Employment status | |
 Employed | 152 (47.1) |
 Unemployed | 171 (52.9) |
Monthly income (in rupees) | |
 < 5000/- | 207 (64.1) |
 > 5000/- | 116 (35.9) |
Lifestyle | |
 Sedentary | 30 (9.3) |
 < 1 h of moderate activity of work | 81 (25.1) |
 1 h of moderate activity of work | 79 (24.5) |
 > 1 h of moderate activity of work | 133 (41.2) |
Behavior towards others | |
 Good | 165 (51.1) |
 Fair | 91 (28.2) |
 Poor | 67 (20.7) |
Social habits | |
 Nil | 188 (58.2) |
 Smoking | 99 (30.7) |
 Alcoholic | 14 (4.3) |
 Chewing tobacco | 3 (0.9) |
 Smoking, alcoholic | 15 (4.6) |
 Smoking, chewing tobacco | 3 (0.9) |
 Chewing tobacco, alcoholic | 1 (0.3) |
Avoiding problems | |
 No | 196 (60.7) |
 Somewhat | 24 (7.4) |
 Not often | 21 (6.5) |
 Often | 85 (25.4) |
Other life stressors | |
 Nil | 297 (92.0) |
 Family problems | 11 (3.4) |
 Job stress | 8 (2.5) |
 Financial | 7 (2.2) |
Length of hospital stay (days) | |
 Less than 15 days | 267 (82.7) |
 15 or more days | 56 (17.3) |
ICU stay (days) | |
 < 5 days | 302 (93.5) |
 5 or more days | 21 (6.5) |
Permanent disabilities | |
 No | 314 (97.2) |
 Yes | 9 (2.8) |
Number of frequent visits to hospital/month | |
 < 5 days | 291 (90.1) |
 5 or more days | 32 (9.9) |