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Table 2 Sociocultural data of Fabry disease patients and controls

From: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Fabry Disease Patients: an examination of Mood Status, Therapy Adherence, and COVID-19 infection

Characteristics

Patients (n = 67)

Controls (n = 67)

p

Marital status (married), %

71.6

68.7

0.706

Have children (yes), %

62.7

68.7

0.467

Level of education, %

   

 Primary school

55.2

52.2

 

 Highschool

17.9

20.9

0.901

 University or higher

26.9

26.9

 

Living with spouse and children, %

77.6

73.1

0.547

Household size, %

   

 1–3

46.3

58.2

 

 4–6

49.2

37.3

0.365

 > 6

4.5

4.5

 

Consider the outbreak, %

   

 Very serious

76.1

55.2

0.011

 Serious

23.9

44.8

 

Follow the advice to stay home (yes), %

97

91

0.274

Feel obliged to leave home for work? (yes), %

11.9

40.3

 < 0.001

Think that they have received adequate medical support during the pandemic period (yes), %

   

58.2

53.7

0.602

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD for quantitative parameters and n (%) for nominal parameters unless otherwise stated