Being female with vitiligo disease in traditional societies within North Africa

Raheel, Mohamed Faraj Saleh; Snoubar, Yaser; Mosbah, Wafa Saleh

doi:10.1186/s13030-024-00299-4

BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Table 5 Mann-Whitney U tests for symptoms, emotions, functional, and quality of life score by different characteristics

From: Being female with vitiligo disease in traditional societies within North Africa

Dependent variable	Independent variable	Group	Mean Rank	U	z	p
Symptoms	Education level	Non-university graduates	32.17	412.50	0.628	0.530
		University degree graduates	34.88	412.50	0.628	0.530
	Employment status	Employed	32.47	310.50	0.531	0.595
		Unemployed	35.12	310.50	0.531	0.595
	Relationship status	In a relationship	32.23	498.00	0.419	0.675
		Not in a relationship	33.90	498.00	0.419	0.675
	Number of family members with vitiligo or leprosy.	One	35.73	380.00	1.794	0.073
		Two or more	28.33	380.00	1.794	0.073
	How long have you had the disease symptoms?	1 year or less	28.96	285.50	1.015	0.310
		More than 1 year	34.01	285.50	1.015	0.310
Emotions	Education level	Non-university graduates	33.86	411.50	0.563	0.574
		University degree graduates	31.08	411.50	0.563	0.574
	Employment status	Employed	31.34	251.50	1.458	0.145
		Unemployed	39.65	251.50	1.458	0.145
	Relationship status	In a relationship	41.30	234.50	3.930	0.000
		Not in a relationship	23.32	234.50	3.930	0.000
	Number of family members with vitiligo and leprosy.	One	31.57	433.50	0.817	0.414
		Two or more	35.44	433.50	0.817	0.414
	How long have you had the disease symptoms?	1 year or less	32.27	328.50	0.160	0.837
		More than 1 year	33.18	328.50	0.160	0.837
Functional	Education level	Non-university graduates	33.98	406.00	0.630	0.529
		University degree graduates	30.80	406.00	0.630	0.529
	Employment status	Employed	29.75	169.00	2.792	0.005
		Unemployed	46.00	169.00	2.792	0.005
	Relationship status	In a relationship	36.79	392.50	1.756	0.079
		Not in a relationship	28.58	392.50	1.756	0.079
	Number of family members with vitiligo or leprosy.	One	29.96	367.50	1.705	0.088
		Two or more	38.19	367.50	1.705	0.088
	How long have you had the disease symptoms?	1 year or less	36.58	291.50	0.768	0.442
		More than 1 year	32.11	291.50	0.768	0.442
Quality of life	Education level	Non-university graduates	33.80	414.00	0.513	0.608
		University degree graduates	31.20	414.00	0.513	0.608
	Employment status	Employed	30.33	199.00	2.283	0.022
		Unemployed	43.69	199.00	2.283	0.022
	Relationship status	In a relationship	38.70	325.50	2.630	0.009
		Not in a relationship	26.35	325.50	2.630	0.009
	Number of family members with vitiligo or leprosy.	One	30.68	397.00	1.293	0.196
		Two or more	36.96	397.00	1.293	0.196
	How long have you had the disease symptoms?	1 year or less	33.35	333.50	0.074	0.941
		More than 1 year	32.91	333.50	0.074	0.941

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