|
Sociodemographic variable
|
Number of patients
|
Percent
|
Users of medicinal plants
|
Nonuser of medicinal plants
|
χ2 or Fisher’s Exact Test
|
P value
|
Correlation
|
P value
|
|---|
|
Age (years)
|
|
< 40
|
79
|
53.0
|
26
|
53
|
31.2
|
<0.001
|
0.458
|
<0.01
|
|
≥ 40
|
70
|
47.0
|
55
|
15
| |
|
Educational level
|
|
No formal education or primary school
|
35
|
23.5
|
20
|
15
|
0.14
|
0.85
|
−0.031
|
0.7
|
|
Higher education
|
114
|
76.5
|
61
|
53
|
|
Monthly household income
|
|
Low
|
57
|
38.3
|
49
|
8
|
37.2
|
<0.001
|
−0.499
|
<0.001
|
|
High
|
92
|
61.7
|
32
|
60
|
|
Marital status
|
|
Single
|
44
|
29.5
|
18
|
26
|
4.6
|
0.1
|
0.169
|
0.04
|
|
Married
|
100
|
67.1
|
60
|
40
|
|
Other (divorced/widowed)
|
5
|
3.4
|
3
|
2
|
|
Place of residence
|
|
City
|
62
|
41.6
|
33
|
29
|
0.23
|
0.96
|
0.012
|
0.88
|
|
Village
|
79
|
53.0
|
44
|
35
|
|
Camp
|
8
|
5.4
|
4
|
4
|
|
Psoriasis stage
|
|
Early
|
51
|
34.2
|
25
|
26
|
0.89
|
0.22
|
0.077
|
0.35
|
|
Late
|
98
|
65.8
|
56
|
42
|
|
Period relapsed since diagnosis (years)
|
|
< 2
|
70
|
47.0
|
37
|
33
|
0.12
|
0.73
|
0.028
|
0.73
|
|
≥ 2
|
79
|
53.0
|
44
|
35
|
