Research Article
The Magnitude of Salt Intake Behaviors and Its Predictors among Saqez Urban Population of Kurdistan District in Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Distribution of frequency and percentage of participants’ perception of social support, self-efficacy, and salt intake behavior according to sex.
| | Man, M(SD)a | Woman, M(SD)a | All, M(SD)a | valueb |
| | Perceived emotional support | | | | | | Health staff | 66.07 (25.08) | 67.59 (25.23) | 67.18 (25.18) | 0.464 | | Spouse | 50.27 (25.56) | 49.95 (25.99) | 50.03 (25.86) | 0.880 | | Media | 39.96 (26.12) | 47.56 (26.62) | 45.51 (26.68) | <0.001 | | Friend | 31.34 (27.51) | 35.07 (25.52) | 34.06 (26.11) | 0.082 |
| | Perceived practical support | | | | | | Health staff | 58.62 (22.89) | 57.50 (25.08) | 57.81 (24.50) | 0.580 | | Spouse | 51.75 (22.25) | 49.39 (21.96) | 50.03 (22.05) | 0.197 | | Media | 42.49 (25.32) | 47.92(24.78) | 46.45 (25.03) | 0.008 | | Friend | 35.16 (26.28) | 38.75 (26.10) | 37.78 (26.18) | 0.095 |
| | Self-efficacy | 65.37 (17.83) | 64.98 (16.18) | 65.09 (16.63) | 0.778 |
| | Intent to reduce salt | 79.96 (19.38) | 78.94 (19.28) | 79.22 (19.29) | 0.525 |
| | Salt intake control methods | 64.63 (12.40) | 65.49 (13.27) | 65.25 (13.04) | 0.422 |
| | N (%) | 178 (87.70) | 437 (88.90) | 665 (88.50) | 0.368 |
| | Salt intake behavior | | | | |
| | Adding salt during cooking | | | | 0.201 | | Adding more than 1 tsp | 117 (57.10) | 333 (60.80) | 450 (59.80) | | | Adding 1 tsp or lessc | 88 (42.90) | 215 (39.20) | 303 (40.20) | |
| | Adding salt during eating | | | | 0.157 | | Adding more than 1 tsp salt | 20 (10.10) | 70 (13.2) | 90 (12.40) | | | Adding 1 tsp or lessc | 178 (89.90) | 460 (86.80) | 638 (87.60) | |
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aM(SD), mean (standard deviation); b value based on t-test; c1 tsp, one teaspoon. |
