Public engagement in setting healthcare priorities: a ranking exercise in Cyprus

Table 4 Relative importance ascribed by the participants to the six (6) characteristics of the study, based on their gender, age and educational level

Characteristic	Relative importance
Characteristic	Age	p value	Healthy lifestyle	p value	Type of disease	p value	Severity of disease	p value	Health improvement	p value	Cost of treatment	p value
Gender		<0.001 ^a		0.04 ^a		<0.001 ^a		0.002 ^a		<0.001 ^a		<0.001 ^a
Women	28.3		8.2		12.5		27.8		13.0		10.2
Men	22.7		7.7		17.9		27.0		11.2		13.5
Age (years)		<0.001 ^a		0.67^a		<0.001 ^a		<0.001 ^a		0.11^a		<0.001 ^a
≤35	22.7		8.0		13.7		29.6		12.3		13.7
>35	28.2		7.9		16.7		25.2		11.9		10.1
Educational level		<0.001 ^b,c		<0.001 ^b,d		<0.001 ^b,e		< 0.001 ^b,d		<0.001 ^b,f		<0.001 ^b,f
Secondary school (‘gymnasium’) graduates	32.0		7.4		11.0		25.4		11.4		12.8
High school graduates	23.6		7.0		17.1		28.2		12.1		12.0
University graduates	23.4		9.1		15.9		27.9		12.5		11.2

^a t test
^bAnalysis of variance
^cStatistical significant difference between secondary school graduates and high school graduates (p = 0.049)
^dStatistical significant difference between secondary school graduates and high school graduates (p < 0.001) and secondary school graduates and university graduates (p < 0.001)
^eStatistical significant difference among the three groups (p < 0.001 in all cases)
^fStatistical significant difference between secondary school graduates and high school graduates (p < 0.001)

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