Table 4 Analysis of general characteristics of patients according to groups
From: Social media use in patients with fibromyalgia and its effect on symptom severity and sleep quality
General characteristics of patients | Group | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FMS | Control | ||||
n | n % | n | n % | ||
Gender | |||||
Male | 93 | 90.3 | 89 | 87.3 | 0.49 |
Female | 10 | 9.7 | 13 | 12.7 | |
Education | |||||
Primary | 55 | 53.4 | 42 | 41.2 | 0.21 |
High school | 28 | 27.2 | 36 | 35.3 | |
University | 20 | 19.4 | 24 | 23.5 | |
Marital status | |||||
Married | 89 | 86.4 | 87 | 85.3 | 0.89 |
Single | 14 | 13.6 | 15 | 14.7 | |
Occupation | |||||
Housewife | 49 | 47.6 | 44 | 43.1 | 0.82 |
Worker | 30 | 29.1 | 26 | 25.5 | |
Desk job | 14 | 13.6 | 20 | 19.6 | |
Student | 4 | 3.9 | 4 | 3.9 | |
Retired | 6 | 5.8 | 8 | 7.8 | |