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Table 1 Baseline Participant Demographic and Clinical Characteristics

From: Improving diabetes control for Syrian refugees in Jordan: a longitudinal cohort study comparing the effects of cash transfers and health education interventions

 

MPC

CHV only

CHV + CCT

P-value

(N = 201)

(N = 156)

(N = 203)

Household Demographic Characteristics

 Household size

6.0

(2.6)

5.5

(2.1)

5.7

(2.4)

0.175

 Multiple UNHCR registration cases a

131

(65.2%)

63

(40.4%)

90

(44.3%)

< 0.001

Participant Demographic Characteristics

 Female sex

137

(68.2%)

86

(55.1%)

107

(52.7%)

0.004

 Age (years)

56.2

(9.4)

52.1

(8.6)

52.1

(9.2)

< 0.001

 Highest level of education

  None

61

(30.3%)

29

(18.6%)

29

(14.3%)

0.007

  Primary school

100

(49.8%)

94

(60.3%)

121

(59.6%)

 

  Preparatory school

25

(12.4%)

18

(11.5%)

31

(15.3%)

 

  Secondary school or higher

15

(7.5%)

15

(9.6%)

22

(10.8%)

 

 Marital status

  Married

144

(71.6%)

130

(83.3%)

168

(82.8%)

0.031

  Widowed

46

(22.9%)

23

(14.7%)

25

(12.3%)

 

  Never married / divorced

11

(5.5%)

3

(1.9%)

9

(4.4%)

 

Participant Clinical Characteristics

 Years since initial diabetes diagnosis

7.5

(6.1)

5.9

(5.2)

5.6

(4.7)

0.001

 Previously diagnosed comorbidities b

  Any chronic condition(s)

167

(83.1%)

133

(85.3%)

162

(79.8%)

0.388

  Hypertension

139

(69.2%)

93

(59.6%)

129

(63.5%)

0.165

  Arthritis

59

(29.4%)

36

(23.1%)

47

(23.2%)

0.266

  Cardiovascular disease

41

(20.4%)

38

(24.4%)

44

(21.7%)

0.664

  Chronic respiratory disease

17

(8.5%)

7

(4.5%)

12

(5.9%)

0.295

  Other

79

(39.3%)

73

(46.8%)

74

(36.5%)

0.131

  1. Presented as N (%) for binary/categorical variables and mean (SD) for continuous variables
  2. a Multiple UNHCR registration cases primarily occurred when there was more than one traditionally defined family in a household according to the study’s definition of a household (people who share a living space, meals, and financial resources)
  3. b Each condition as percent of all participants