Table 6 Characteristics comparison between respondents who had and did not seek treatment
From: Prevalence of nocturia among community-dwelling adults: a population-based study in Malaysia
Variable | Treatment seeking behaviour (%) | p value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 514) | No (n = 1523) | ||
Age (years ± SD) | 44.43 ± 16.34 | 38.59 ± 14.67 |  < 0.001φ |
Sex | |||
 Male | 49.4 | 42.9 | 0.011# |
 Female | 50.6 | 57.1 |  |
Employment status | |||
 Student | 14.6 | 19.7 |  < 0.001# |
 Employed for wages | 51.6 | 61.5 |  |
 Self-employed | 10.7 | 7.3 |  |
 Unemployed | 23.2 | 11.4 |  |
Frequency of nocturia | |||
 Once | 47.3 | 62.1 |  < 0.001# |
 Twice | 34.2 | 27.5 |  |
 Three times or more | 18.5 | 10.4 |  |
Degree of sleep disturbance | |||
 Less than half the time | 49.0 | 62.1 |  < 0.001# |
 About half the time or more | 51.0 | 37.9 |  |
 Bother score (mean ± SD) | 4.51 ± 2.55 | 3.19 ± 2.4 |  < 0.001φ |
Awareness of nocturia as a medical condition | |||
 Yes | 54.3 | 35.4 |  < 0.001# |
 No | 45.7 | 64.6 |  |