Table (8):        The relationship between the general sociodemographic characteristics of the hospital service workers and frequency of skin diseases.

 

P-value

 

O.R.

(95%C.I.)

 

χ²

Skin diseases

 

Total No

 

General characteristics

Negative

(n=57)

Positive

(n=63)

%

No

%

No

 

0.58

(NS)

 

1.22

(0.59-2.5)

 

0.304

 

41.5

52.2

 

22

35

 

58.5

47.8

 

31

32

 

53

67

Gender:

Female

Male

 

0.19

(NS)

 

2.02

(0.69-5.8 )

 

1.713

 

44.7

64.7

 

46

11

 

55.3

35.3

 

57

6

 

103

17

Marital Status:

Married

Not Married

 

0.06

(NS)

 

2.36

(0.92-6.0 )

 

3.333

 

51.0

33.3

 

49

8

 

49.0

66.7

 

47

16

 

96

24

Residence:

Rural

Urban

 

0.22

(NS)

 

0.59

(0.26- 1.3)

 

1.534

 

50.0

46.6

 

16

41

 

50.0

53.4

 

16

47

 

32

88

Smoking:

Smoker

Non Smoker

 

0.11

(NS)

 

1.96

(0.8-4.84)

 

2.61

 

36.4

51.7

 

12

45

 

63.6

48.3

 

21

42

 

33

87

Education:

Illiterate

Read and Write

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.03

 

 47.5

57

 

52.5

 

63

 

120

 

Age(years):

 

1.0

54.5

12

45.5

10

22

<30

0.9

(NS)

 

1.07

(0.32-3.6)

52.9

 

18

47.1

16

34

30 –

0.31

(NS)

1.54

(0.62-3.88)

 

42.2

27

57.8

37

64

40 +

                 

·        NS: non significant