Research Article
Knowledge and Perception of Facial Candling for Allergic Rhinitis among University Staff and Students
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of study population.
| | Variables | n (%) | | Facial candling users n = 279 | Nonusers n = 509 | Total (n = 788) | value |
| | Gender | | | | | | Male | 96 (34.4) | 182 (35.8) | 278 (35.3) | 0.359 | | Female | 183 (65.6) | 327 (64.2) | 510 (64.7) |
| | Age (years) | | | | | | 10–19 | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.3) | 0.011 | | 20–29 | 81 (29.0) | 183 (36.0) | 264 (33.5) | | 30–39 | 132 (47.3) | 205 (40.3) | 337 (42.8) | | 40–49 | 49 (17.6) | 50 (9.8) | 99 (12.6) | | ≥50 | 16 (5.7) | 70 (13.8) | 86 (10.9) |
| | Ethnicity | | | | | | Malay | 264 (94.6) | 443 (87.0) | 707 (89.7) | 0.004 | | Chinese | 3 (1.1) | 27 (5.3) | 30 (3.8) | | Indian | 0 (0) | 6 (1.2) | 6 (0.8) | | Others | 12 (4.3) | 33 (6.5) | 45 (5.7) |
| | Marital status | | | | | | Single | 72 (25.8) | 155 (30.4) | 227 (28.8) | 0.574 | | Married | 205 (73.5) | 350 (68.8) | 555 (70.4) | | Divorce | 2 (0.7) | 4 (0.8) | 6 (0.8) |
| | Education level | | | | | | Secondary school | 9 (3.2) | 78 (15.3) | 87 (11.0) | 0.068 | | University/college | 270 (96.8) | 431 (84.7) | 701 (89.0) |
| | Occupation | | | | | | Government servant | 254 (91.0) | 445 (87.4) | 699 (88.7) | 0.286 | | Student | 25 (9.0) | 64 (12.6) | 89 (11.3) |
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