Exploring the Role of Social Support between Discharge Teaching and Readiness for Discharge in Ocular Fundus Disease Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

The differences among sample characteristics, social support, and discharge readiness.

Variable	Social support			Discharge readiness
	Mean (SD)	t or F		Mean (SD)	t or F
Gender
Male	37.03 (7.67)	t = 1.741	0.083	161.92 (25.58)	t = 2.819	0.005
Female	35.37 (7.43)			152.53 (27.27)
Marital status
Married	38.08 (7.07)	F = 33.71	≤0.001	159.23 (26.22)	F = 1.391	0.251
Divorced	30.00 (7.25)			148.11 (34.02)
Single	29.33 (4.98)			153.72 (26.99)
Education level
Below primary school	30.34 (4.58)	F = 24.95	≤0.001	136.48 (26.77)	F = 28.57	≤0.001
Junior high school	37.13 (7.60)			158.52 (20.06)
High school or some college	38.15 (6.18)			165.01 (25.12)
University or above	40.02 (8.30)			172.89 (18.46)
Monthly income (in RMB)
<2000	29.92 (5.82)	F = 19.99	≤0.001	139.67 (35.96)	F = 10.945	≤0.001
2000–3999	33.90 (7.15)			152.30 (25.03)
4000–5999	39.35 (6.83)			163.36 (22.96)
≥6000	39.62 (6.77)			171.65 (22.89)
Living place
City	37.84 (7.40)	t = −4.444	≤0.001	163.35 (23.86)	t = −4.541	≤0.001
Village	33.58 (7.21)			148.10 (28.74)
Insurance
New rural cooperative medical system	38.97 (7.09)	F = 2.225	0.086	163.37 (24.51)	F = 0.573	0.633
Resident medical insurance	36.02 (7.65)			157.40 (27.72)
Staff medical insurance	36.22 (7.77)			156.76 (25.39)
No	34.04 (6.70)			156.92 (31.62)
Ophthalmology history
Yes	35.70 (7.69)	t = 2.065	0.040	158.30 (26.72)	t = −0.365	0.715
No	37.86 (7.19)			156.95 (26.72)
Ophthalmic surgery history
Yes	35.65 (7.47)	t = 1.777	0.077	160.50 (26.18)	t = −1.943	0.053
No	37.37 (7.72)			153.89 (27.06)

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