Cultural adoption, and validation of the Persian version of the coronary artery disease education questionnaire (CADE-Q): a second-order confirmatory factor analysis

Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of the study sample (n = 500)

Gender	Number	%
Male	285	57
Female	215	43
Age group (years)
21–40	97	19.4
41–60	246	49.2
61–80	139	27.8
> 80	18	3.6
Marital status
Married	369	73.8
Single	46	9.2
Widow	74	14.8
Divorced	11	2.2
Employment status
Housewife	184	36.8
Employed	173	34.6
Unemployed	45	9
Retired	98	19.6
Educational level
Illiterate	114	22.8
Primary	119	23.8
Secondary	181	36.2
Higher	86	17.2
History of smoking
Yes	83	16.6
No	417	83.4
Income
Poor	123	24.6
Intermediate	292	58.4
Good	85	17
Hospitalization history (in the last year)
Yes	329	65.8
No	171	34.2

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